OSHA Inspection: CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Feb 28, 2002

Abate by

Mar 5, 2002

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish to each of his employees 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 hazards of being struck by
flying parts from
die(s) that are not of sufficient size and break from the force generated
by the equipment:
On or about 12/6/2001 in the drop forging hammer department:   The size of
the die used in
the 8,000 pound drop forging hammer was inadequate in that it broke from
the force of the
equipment and a piece of it struck and seriously injured the operator.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard
is to ensure that dies are of sufficient size to withstand the maximum
force-generating
capability of the equipment, as required in ANSI/ASC B24.1, 1985,  section
7.7.2.American
National Standard for forging machinery - safety requirements.n