OSHA Inspection: NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AMERICA

Issued

Apr 18, 1995

Abate by

Apr 21, 1995

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

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 flying part(s) hazard:
(a)  On or about November 11, 1994, employees were exposed to being struck
by the #1
right jacket water header after it was forced out of it's Dressler
coupling pipe joint on
the Cooper Bessemer Z330 engine located in Compressor Building #3.  This
exposure
occurred when the head of the #1 right cylinder had been removed and the
jacket water
system was pressurized to check for leaks.  The #1 right cylinder head had
served as an
anchor for the pipe joint and because of its removal the end of the water
header was
subject to being forced out of the pipe joint once the system was
pressurized.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is:
Ensure cylinder heads are in place when the system is pressurized to check
for water
leaks in the #1 right and the #2 left cylinders of the Cooper Bessemer
Z330 engine,
located in Compressor Building #3, or implement equivalent method to
ensure pipe joints
are anchored.

Issued

Apr 18, 1995

Abate by

May 2, 1995

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Apr 18, 1995

Abate by

May 22, 1995

Penalty

Initial $1,125 · Current $1,125

Issued

Apr 18, 1995

Abate by

May 22, 1995