OSHA Inspection: NATIONAL BY-PRODUCTS

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

May 27, 1986

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $300 Reduced

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 :
Employees performing maintenance and repair work on such equipment
as compressors and pumps were exposed to the hazards of electrical
shock, amputations, fractures, and severe lacerations from electrical
energization of equipment and moving parts as equipment was operable
during maintenance and repair operations.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is:
Equipment being repaired or serviced shall be isolated by locking
out electrical and/or fluid (air or liquid) energy power sources,
and/or lowering, blocking, or cribbing of parts to prevent activation
of moving parts and electrical energization that could be hazardous
to the employees.  This shall be achieved by ensuring that an
employee performing repair or maintenance work on or around such
equipment be provided with a padlock and shall be in possession of
the only key to the padlock.  If more than one person is engaged in
the repair or maintenance operations at one time a padlock system
must be arranged, and each persons's lock must be place.  Only the
will have a key to his/her padlock.  Where repair or maintenance
operations require employees to be involved with more than one piece
of equipment at a time, and the pieces of equipment cannot all be
locked out at one source, each employee must lock out at each source.
In addition to the lockout system there must be accompanying tags
or signs shall identify the operation and prohibit the use of the
equipment.  Supervisory personnel shall monitor the lockout/tagout
program, including when and where to use the procedures, and shall
include hands-on training.  The program shall be set down, in detail,
in writing.

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

May 20, 1986

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $200 Reduced

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

Jul 21, 1986

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $700 Reduced

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

Jul 21, 1986

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

May 20, 1986

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

May 21, 1986

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

May 21, 1986

Issued

May 15, 1986

Abate by

May 20, 1986