Home Depot Draws $69,300 in Fines for Alleged Electrical Hazards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued The Home Depot, Inc., based in Atlanta, Ga., three citations, with fines totaling $69,300, for allegedly exposing employees to electrical hazards at a Chicago store.OSHA opened an inspection in July that was prompted by a referral about blocked electrical panels in the store.Two repeat citations involve allegedly failing to ensure that all service, feeder and branch circuits, as well as the circuits' disconnecting means and over-current devices, were marked to indicate their purpose, and that materials were not stored in the spac...