OSHA Inspection: AL TECH SPECIALTY STEEL CORPORATION

Issued

Dec 5, 1991

Abate by

Dec 13, 1991

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

Issued

Dec 5, 1991

Abate by

Dec 13, 1991

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

Issued

Dec 5, 1991

Abate by

Dec 13, 1991

Penalty

Initial $35,000 · Current $35,000

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 were exposed to the hazard of being struck by molten salt
when putting wet material into the caustic "Kolene" salt bath.
a)   Pickling Room, BFS, on or about 6/13/91 - Employees were
pickling tubes and billets in molten Kolene salt bath.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement methods
to correct this hazard is to thoroughly dry the product before
immersion into the molten salt tank, and the training and education
of the pickling room employees in the hazards associated with placing
wet material into molten salt baths.