OSHA Inspection: ROMAN STONE CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

Oct 26, 1993

Abate by

Oct 29, 1993

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

General-duty citation text

5a1 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
pulled into and crushed by the rotating parts of a pipe threading
machine:
(a)  Entrance to Machine Shop - Employee operated
a Toledo 999 pipe threading machine which was
activated by a toggle switch that would not
automatically shut the machine off if the
operator was inadvertently caught up in its
rotating parts; on or about 9/23/93.
ABATEMENT NOTES:
Among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this hazard is
to install a properly guarded momentary contact (deadman) foot
switch to control the power input into the machine, as stipulated
in the American National standard for pipe tools (ANSI

Issued

Oct 26, 1993

Abate by

Nov 29, 1993

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

Issued

Oct 26, 1993

Abate by

Oct 29, 1993

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

Issued

Oct 26, 1993

Abate by

Oct 29, 1993

Issued

Oct 26, 1993

Abate by

Oct 29, 1993

Penalty

Initial $250 · Current $250