WEST FINLEY, PA —
OSHA Inspection: COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP.
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP. in MAJORSVILLE FIELD OFFICE, WEST FINLEY, PA 15377 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 122676687.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP.
- Site address
- MAJORSVILLE FIELD OFFICE
- City
- WEST FINLEY
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 15377
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 496, WASHINGTON, PA 15301
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 4923
- Employees
- 100
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1996
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1996
- Penalty
- Initial $4,250 · Current $6,300
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: (a) Outside Yard of Majorsville Field Office; Improper couplings were used on a pipe which was approximately 38 feet long. During a pressured air test, one of the couplings released the end cap, the pipe jumped and the employee working beneath the pipe was killed by the jumping pipe and it's wooden stand. (b) Outside Yard of Majorsville Field Office; An employee was beneath a 38 foot long gas pipe which was approximately 42 pounds per foot. The round pipe was on square 6" x 6" wooden blocks approximately 36" long. The round pipe was not attached to the 2 piles of square blocks that were not attached to each other. The failure of an operation (charging the pipe with air pressure) caused the pipe to jump, it thereby displaced the wood and an employee was consequently killed when his head was crushed.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $6300.00
- — Z (S) $4250.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1996
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1996
- Penalty
- Initial $4,250 · Current $4,250
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: (a) Outside Yard of Majorsville Field Office; An employee was beneath a 38 foot long gas pipe which was approximately 42 pounds per foot. The round pipe was on square 6" x 6" wooden blocks approximately 36" long. The round pipe was not attached to the 2 piles of square blocks that were not attached to each other. The failure of an operation (charging the pipe with air pressure) caused the pipe to jump, it thereby displaced the wood and an employee was consequently killed when his head was crushed.ntly
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $4250.00
- — Z (S) $4250.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 122676687.
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