OSHA Inspection: SCOTT PAPER COMPANY

Issued

Feb 24, 1995

Abate by

Jun 30, 1995

Issued

Feb 2, 1995

Abate by

Feb 19, 1995

Penalty

Initial $2,125 · Current $1,594 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 the hazards of explosive release of hot caustic material
and to flying debris:
(a)At the establishment, progressive inspection records were not
maintained on
carbon steel wall thickness on digester shell walls prior to making weld
overlay
repairs on batch digesters.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to maintain a progressive record and/or drawings of
repaired areas in a digester wall and thickness determination prior to
overlay, as required by National Board Inspection Code
(NBIC-ANSI/NB23),
Chapter V, Paragraph U-104.
(b)Digester #2 was altered when the Maximum Allowable Working Pressure of
the
digester was reduced and a Form R-1, Report of Welded Repairs or
Alteration,
was not prepared indicating the changes that had been made.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to complete a Form R-1, Report of Alteration, as
required by National Board Inspection Code (NBIC-ANSI/NB-23),
Chapter III, Paragraph R-502.
(c)Digester #2 was altered when the Maximum Allowable Working Pressure of
the
digester was reduced and a the stamping of, or attaching of a nameplate
to, an
altered pressure vessel was not carried out.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to mark by means of a nameplate or stamping, as
required by National Board Inspection Code (NBIC-ANSI/NB-23),
Chapter III, Paragraph R-504.

Issued

Feb 2, 1995

Abate by

Feb 7, 1995

Penalty

Initial $2,125 · Current $1,594 Reduced

Issued

Feb 2, 1995

Abate by

Feb 7, 1995

Issued

Feb 2, 1995

Abate by

Feb 7, 1995