OSHA Inspection: CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE COMPANY

Issued

1989-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

1989-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $250.00 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 to
fire and explosion hazard from an unapproved dispatch oven used to dry
rivets which are coated with flammable paints:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to retrofit the oven to comply with National Fire
Protection Association Standard for Ovens and Furnaces; NFPA86-1985.
Essential elements that the oven must incorporate shall include be
limited to:
1) Provide operating instructions and training.
2) Locate and/or protect oven from exposure by flammable coating dip
tanks, spray booths, storage and mixing readily flammable materials,
or exposure by or to the diffusion of flammable vapor-air mixtures.
3) Equip the oven with unobstructed relief vents for freely relieving
internal explosion pressures.
4) Interlock fan operation so that loss of ventilation or airflow will
immediately shut down the heating system of the particular oven
section affected.
5) Prior to each furnace startup, provision shall be made for the
removal of flammable vapors and/or gases which may have entered
during the shutdown period. At least 4 standard cuvic feet (m3) of
oven volume shall be introduced during the purging cycle.
6) Provide a ventilation rate of 532 cfm per gal of flammable solvent
in the oven.

Issued

1989-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

1989-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

Issued

1989-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

1989-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

Issued

1989-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

1989-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

Issued

1989-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

1989-03-23 00:00:00