OSHA Inspection: FIRESTONE / BRIDGESTONE, INC.

Issued

Dec 11, 1990

Abate by

Dec 12, 1990

Penalty

Initial $480 · Current $480

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:
...EMPLOYEES PERFORMING WORK IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A CURTIS AIR
COMPRESSOR, MODEL NO. C-89, SN 10087004, HAVING PINHOLES IN ITS
UNDERSIDE DUE TO WATER ACCUMULATION, WERE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD OF
BEING SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED SHOULD THE VESSEL ERUPT DUE TO
INTERNAL PRESSURE.
ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD,
AMONG OTHERS, IS TO REMOVE THE AIR COMPRESSOR FROM SERVICE AS REQUIRED
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ASME VIII CODE OF UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSELS.
DISCLAIMER:
1) YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE ABATEMENT METHODS SUGGESTED ABOVE.
2) THE METHODS EXPLAINED ARE GENERAL AND MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN
ALL CASES.
3) THE EMPLOYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING AND CARRYING OUT AN
APPROPRIATE ABATEMENT METHOD.

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Nov 27, 1990

Penalty

Initial $420 · Current $420

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:
...THE HAZARD OF BEING STRUCK OR CRUSHED BENEATH A FALLING LOAD.
EMPLOYEES PERFORMING WORK UNDERNEATH VEHICLES RAISED ON A ROTARY CAR
LIFT, MODEL #FP46HMK65, WERE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD OF BEING STRUCK BY
A FALLING VEHICLE SINCE THE LIFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN INOPERABLE
SAFETY LEG OR LATCH DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE LOAD SHOULD THE HYDRAULIC
SYSTEM FAIL.

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Nov 27, 1990

Issued

Nov 21, 1990

Abate by

Nov 27, 1990