OSHA Inspection: TEKNOR APEX COMPANY

Issued

Mar 11, 1994

Abate by

Mar 29, 1994

Penalty

Initial $1,625 · Current $813 Reduced

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 the hazard of ingoing nip points on the
#1 cushion mill in the Tread Rubber Department when the rolls were
inadvertently operating in reverse.  The electrical switch which
controls the direction of rotation of the rolls was not
appropriately labeled to indicate its purposes.  Also, some
employees were not aware of the presence of this switch.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method
to correct this hazard is to appropriately label this switch, as to
what it controls, and also what is the forward position and what is
the reverse position.  Procedures should also be developed to
ensure that before this machine is run, the switch is in the
forward