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I've seen this sort of thing where the area was remodeled, and the receptacles were then covered by panelling, etc. Makes for some interesting trouble-shooting.
OSHA has jurisdiction wherever a business "affects interstate commerce;" I believe that that is defined as more than a quarter-million in annual business.
I once was not hired to paint an apartment because I proudly told the owner that I would remove cover plates; he felt that would take too much time. "Just roller over them."
Incidentally, I recently saw that Snap-on is selling a pair of "composite" (no metal} needle-nose pliers, that they claim are as strong as the steel ones. Nice if true; usefull in fixing this broken receptacle!

Many years ago, I worked as on-site maintenance for an apartment complex. It was a pretty nice place, one of the more upscale complexes in the area.

We had a guy who was an outside contractor who did the painting of empty apartments. I don't know what he was paid per apartmet but he could paint a two bedroom apartment in about two hours.

We sanded and refinished all floors after he was done so he didn't have to worry about splatter and we had all walls patched and ready for him. He didn't tape, didn't believe in a brush. He just painted over light switches, outlets, nails in walls, light fixture lense covers if we forgot to remove them.

The picture was taken outside of my meeting room, see the grass in image 2.

Last time I was there they installed a new receptacle and cover and now are in Violation of the rule in 410.57 because of the type of cover they used!

There’s another fun thing painters sometimes do in an institutional/office setting. They remove every receptacle and switch plate marked with circuit numbers, and then “shuffle” the plates before reinstalling them.

Bjarney:

Square-D Shuffle

nyuck nyuck nyuck, indeed.