Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Approved
Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/03/2005 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | MET DSD INSPECTOR LEERAY HANLEY, GLENN DEHORIA FIRE DEPT, BA ELECTRIC, IRA PIPER ON SITE. DSD INSP HANLEY INFORMED DNR INSPECTORS THAT ORIGINAL ACCESSMENT ON ELECTRICAL CONCERNS WITH ELECTRICAL PEDISTAL (LACK OF GROUNDING) WAS INCORRECT. ELECTRICAL FIRE WAS CAUSED BY BY-PASSING PEDISTAL PROTECTION AT SPACE 89. DNR INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR ON SITE. CONTRACTOR & INSP J. ORTA FROM DNR REVIEWED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ON PEDESTAL & DETERMINED EACH PEDESTAL HAD SEPERATE GROUNDING HOWEVER MINOR ELECTRICAL VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND IN PEDISTAL, SUCH AS LACK OF BONDING IN SOME PEDISTALS, ALSO IMPROPER USE OF TWIST ON WIRE CONNECTORS WHICH ARE NOT COMPATABLE WITH LARGE WIRE SIZES INVOLVED. ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT SUPPORT SYSTEM WERE FOUND IN A DETERIORATED, DILAPIDATED STATE, 6X6 POLES HAS BEEN SEVERLY DAMAGED BY TERMITES & HAD TO BE SUPPORTED TEMPORALLY BY USE OF 2X4 LUMBER. 3/4 WOOD PANEL IS SPLITTING & FALLING APART. ON SITE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR HAS BEGUN MAINTENANCE REPAIR & SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW DNR INSP TO RETURN ON 5/4/05 TO CHECK COMPLETED REPAIRS. NOV WAS ISSUED TO PARK MANAGER VERONICA & WILL BE SENT TO OWNER. 30 DAYS WERE GIVEN & PICTURES WERE TAKEN. DSD POSTED UNIT & HAD PROPERTY AROUND STRUCTURE SECURED WITH CHAIN LINK FENCE PANELS BY FENCING CONTRACTOR. CONTACTED INSPECTOR II RICK SALDATE & GAVE BREAK DOWN OF EVENTS ALSO INFORMED HIM TRAILER PARK DOES HAVE ISSUE THAT COULD BE ADDRESS. INSP II INFORMED INSP H. LOPEZ THAT DUE TO LACK OF MAN POWER, OTHER ISSUES WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME. SPOKE WITH IVA AGAIN, STATED HIS COMPANY HAS BEEN ON SITE & STATED NO OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES WERE EXISTING AT THIS TIME. ISSUES SUCH AS WORK WITHOUT PERMITS ARE EVEDENT THROUGHOUT PARK. SOME TRASH & DEBRIS & DRIED VEGETATION. ATTACHED IS COPY OF PEDISTALS THAT WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION. |