OSHA Inspection: PROPRIETORS OF FOREST HILLS CEMETARY

Issued

Feb 20, 1986

Abate by

May 19, 1986

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

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 or likely to cause death
serious physical harm to employees in that:
a) Crematory building:  On 10/25/85, employees were exposed to the
hazard of possible furnace explosion when operating any of four
natural gas fueled cremation retorts which lacked any safety devices
that would quickly and automatically shut off the fuel supply if an
unsafe condition developed within the retort.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard would be to replace existing burners with those designed and
installed according to the National Fire Protection Association Standard
for Industrial Furnaces (NEPA 86b-1982).