I am an electrician at a plastic manufacturer but often must do other things there. Last night I needed to do some welding and when I tried to plug in the welder, I found this:
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The duct tape was hanging like that when I found it and the breaker was still turned on. Three people regularly work within 15' of this and 20 people within 40', most of which pass very close to this outlet. Upon further investigation, I found out it had been like this for two weeks and, here's the best part: It was a supervisor that broke the face of the outlet off but said nothing to anyone. Two employees witnessed it happen and when they realized it was still like that two days later, they put the duct tape on.
After reporting this to the plant manager, much as I expected, nothing was done. As far as I know, the supervisor was not even spoken to about this let alone disciplined. I would like to know what a typical employer's reaction to this would be.
Especially frustrating after sitting through a 2-hour monthly safety commitee meeting earlier in the day at which the topic which garnered the longest discussion was that open containers of food were left too long in the refrigerator.
Edit: Yes I locked out the breaker.
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The duct tape was hanging like that when I found it and the breaker was still turned on. Three people regularly work within 15' of this and 20 people within 40', most of which pass very close to this outlet. Upon further investigation, I found out it had been like this for two weeks and, here's the best part: It was a supervisor that broke the face of the outlet off but said nothing to anyone. Two employees witnessed it happen and when they realized it was still like that two days later, they put the duct tape on.
After reporting this to the plant manager, much as I expected, nothing was done. As far as I know, the supervisor was not even spoken to about this let alone disciplined. I would like to know what a typical employer's reaction to this would be.
Especially frustrating after sitting through a 2-hour monthly safety commitee meeting earlier in the day at which the topic which garnered the longest discussion was that open containers of food were left too long in the refrigerator.
Edit: Yes I locked out the breaker.
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