OSHA Inspection: METRO MECHANICAL SERVICE CO., INC.

Issued

Dec 12, 1988

Abate by

Dec 19, 1988

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $350

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
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
crushing injuries from unintentional movement of mechanical equipment,
severe electrical shock.
a) The Employer failed to implement a positive lockout procedure to
protect employee(s) performing maintenance on electrical and
mechanical equipment in the cooling tower located on the roof level
of the building at 1331-17th Street, Denver, Colorado.
A feasible and useful method to correct this hazard among other methods
is to establish and enforce standrad operating procedures which would
include but would not be limited to:
a) Lock-out procedures including assignment of individual locks to all
personnel involved in servicing/maintaining equipment.
b) Training procedures/methods of all personnel involved in lockout
procedures.

Issued

Dec 12, 1988

Abate by

Dec 19, 1988

Penalty

Initial $640 · Current $640

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
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
falling/tripping hazards.
a) On or about September 19, 1988 and at times prior thereto, proper
illumination was not provided for employee(s) in the walking and
working areas of the cooling tower located on the roof of the
building located at 1331-17th Street, Denver, Colorado, while
performing maintenance work at night.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to install proper illumination based on the
physical needs of the workers.

Issued

Dec 12, 1988

Abate by

Dec 15, 1988

Penalty

Initial $150 · Current $150

Issued

Dec 12, 1988

Abate by

Dec 19, 1988

Issued

Dec 12, 1988

Abate by

Dec 15, 1988

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400