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TENG to perform electrical inspections in Afghanistan

By Ms Sparky | Filed in Electrocutions/Shocks, GOV. CONTRACTORS, Stanley Baker Hill (SBH), Task Force POWER, Task Force SAFE, TENG & Assoc
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Apparently TENG Associates has been award a US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) contract to perform independent electrical inspections in Afghanistan. will be supplying electrical inspectors to inspect for Task Force POWER.

Below is an excerpt from the Department of Defense Inspector General Report dated July 24, 2009.

On June 29, 2009, CENTCOM stated that continues their comprehensive inspection of existing facilities. The initial inspection team includes an organization of 116 personnel (including eight engineers, three master electricians, 72 subject matter experts/electrical inspectors, and 33 support personnel). After the initial inspection is complete, these personnel will transform into the continued inspection staff of 42 personnel. Once initial inspections are completed and results analyzed, requirements for funding, materials, and manpower will be requested.

This meter is reading 231 VAC from the water supply line of a small bathroom water heater to ground. That will clearly kill you in the shower!

This meter is reading 231 VAC from the water supply line of a small bathroom water heater to ground. That will clearly kill you in the shower! This is a 240/400 VAC system in Iraq

If I recall correctly KBR started performing inspections for Task Force POWER earlier this year. If that’s not a classic example of the “fox watchin’ the hen house” I don’t know what is!

TENG and Task Force POWER will be the Afghanistan counterpart to Stanley Baker Hill (SBH) and Task Force SAFE in Iraq. TENG is expected to start deploying inspectors to Afghanistan in January 2010.

I have known about this for a couple of weeks and have asked TENG for a statement but as of today, they haven’t responded.

As of yet I’m not sure who will be the driving force for Task Force POWER.  I don’t know if the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and USACE will have a structure similar to what they have in Iraq.

I do hope TENG will learn from the management mistakes made by   in Iraq and improve on them.

I have started “Task Force POWER” and “TENG & Assoc” categories. I will keep you posted as I learn more. If you have any information on Task Force POWER or TENG & Associates in Afghanistan let me know.

Ms Sparky

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Electrical device to safeguard soldiers from electrocution?

By Ms Sparky | Filed in Cheryl Harris vs KBR, Electrocutions/Shocks, GOV. CONTRACTORS, Ryan Maseth-US Army, Task Force POWER, Task Force SAFE
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Mother of Shaler soldier electrocuted in Iraq praises Pa. company’s new device

By Robin Acton
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, November 23, 2009

Task Force Safe copyA Pennsylvania company today will debut a product designed to prevent accidental electrocutions among military personnel living in mobile units while serving abroad.

Fidelity Technologies Corporation will present the electrical circuit protector system to Department of Defense officials during a ceremony and tour at the company’s manufacturing plant in Reading.

Fourteen electrocutions have occurred since 2003, including one involving a Green Beret from Pennsylvania, said Democratic Rep. Tim Holden of Schuylkill County.

“As a result, the Army engaged in conversations to take advantage of the expertise here at Fidelity to do something about it. I’d like to commend the Pentagon for taking action,” he said.

Holden will attend the ceremony at Fidelity’s manufacturing plant, located in his 17th Congressional District.

The problem of electrocutions among military personnel serving in Iraq gained national media attention with the death of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Shaler. Maseth died Jan. 2, 2008, when an improperly grounded rooftop pump installed by defense contractor KBR sent an electrical current along water flowing through metal pipes into his shower in the Radwaniyah Palace Complex near Baghdad. Read the remainder of this entry »

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Do You Have Any KBR Emails?

By Ms Sparky | Filed in GOV. CONTRACTORS, Iraq Human Trafficking, LAWSUITS, Lawsuits Against KBR, LOGCAP III - KBR, Reports & Investigations, Stanley Baker Hill (SBH), Task Force POWER, Task Force SAFE, Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Violations
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This is your chance to make a difference!! Do you have any DoD or KBR emails just hanging out in your inbox or saved to a thumb drive? They might be able to help someone in their legal battle against KBR or they just might be able to help a Congressional Committee bring KBR and the DoD to task!! I want you to forward them to me. But, if I were to just  post my email address here, the spammers would have a freakin’ hayday!! So, to get an email address click HERE and send me a message telling me what you have. If you do not want an email trail, save them or print them and mail them to:

DJ Crawford
PO Box 1278
Battle Ground, WA 98604

If you are not comfortable with either one of those methods let me know and I will try to work out something that is comfortable for you.

I am looking for emails, information, Corrective Action Requests (CAR’s) and Corrective Action Plans (CAP’s) from 2002 to Present regarding KBR in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Dubai etc.

  • Any emails from DoD about KBR or a KBR subcontractor
  • Any emails from KBR Management
  • Any emails from KBR Legal
  • Any emails from KBR consultants
  • Any emails or information regarding KBR Code of Business Conduct failures
  • Any incorrect or inappropriate email responses from KBR
  • Any emails regarding the Navigant Tiger Team
  • Any emails or information relating to any water treatment issues
  • Any emails or information relating to any electrical system failures. Especially anything relating the to the death of SSG Ryan Maseth, SSG Christopher Everett or any other Soldier or Civilian that has died or may have died from electrocution.
  • Any emails or information relating to the death of Robert Jones at Camp Falcon
  • Any emails or information relating to the death of any KBR employee
  • Any emails or information relating to any Dining Facility () issues
  • Any emails or information relating to living container (CHU’s/Hooches/Trailers) issues
  • Any emails or information relating to Sub-Contract Workers (SCW/TCN/FN) and Human Trafficking
  • Any emails or information relating to “” in Iraq
  • Any emails or information relating to “” in Afghanistan

Any Emails from:

  • William Utt
  • William Jonas
  • Bill Walter
  • Tom Crum
  • Chris Heinrich
  • Jill Pettibone
  • Navigant Consulting
  • David Brenner
  • Robert Peter Bennett
  • Thomas Tagle
  • Karen Chillcott
  • Kristine Burnell
  • Any Project Manager (PM) or Deputy Project Manager (DPM)
  • Any others that might admit to or document problems

Any info on the following subcontracts:

  • La Nouvelle
  • Tamimi
  • First Kuwaiti
  • ASCO
  • American General Trading
  • Eagle Global
  • Prime Projects International
  • Any Dining Facilities (DFAC)
  • Altanmia
  • Iraqi American Development Company (IADCO)
  • Iraqi American Telecom Company (IATEL)

Other issues:

  • Fly America Act Violation
  • Freight America Act Violations
  • Internal Audits
  • Board of Directors Minutes

If you have information that is not on this list that you know needs to be investigated or reported…send it and I will do the best I can to get it where it needs to go.

Ms Sparky

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