ALJ Decision in Jacobs Field Services, North America Becomes a Final Order of the Commission
After learning that an employee was hospitalized due to an arc flash on February 8, 2017, OSHA dispatched Compliance Safety and Health Officer (“CSHO”) Brian Elmore to an ADM worksite in Columbus, Nebraska to conduct an inspection. (Tr. 231–32). After conducting his investigation, CSHO Elmore concluded that Respondent had a work policy which permitted the injured employee to remove portions of his personal protective equipment after he had determined the load side (but not the line side) of an electrical disconnect box was de-energized. CSHO Elmore found that this policy, as applied under the circumstances of this case, violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act).