OSHA Inspection: AMEX SPECIALTY COPPERS CORP.

Issued

Feb 6, 1989

Abate by

Feb 9, 1989

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing of likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
the hazard of fire and/or explosion which could result in fatal injury:
a) On or about 9/21/88 - the #1, Inductor-f50 Induction Furnace
electrical powered cabinet located at the casting area of the K & D
Building, the #1 Trippler Frequency Multiplier malfunctioned and
fatally injured the operator during the production of copper alloy.
Incomplete maintenance of the cooling system may have contributed
to the accident.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method among others to correct
this hazard is:
1) To have qualified personnel perform maintenance on this equipment
in accordance with manufacturers specifications.
2) To maintain operator logs that will record all deviations and
problems experienced while operating the equipment. This is necessary
to evaluate the system performance for a good preventative
maintenance program.