OSHA Inspection: FIRE SPRINKLER INC

Issued

Jul 15, 1994

Abate by

Jul 20, 1994

Penalty

Initial $375 · Current $262 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 being pulled into and crushed by the
rotating parts of a pipe
threading machine:
(a)At the worksite, Island Federal Credit Union building, ground
floor,southwest area; employee was operating a Rigid 300 pipe
threading machine which was activated by a toggle switch that
would not automatically shut the machine off if its operator was
inadvertently caught up in its rotating parts; on or about 4/28/94.
ABATEMENT NOTES;
Among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this hazard is to
establish and enforce
adequate safe operating procedures. Procedures such as those stipulated in
the American National
Standard for  portable Pipe Threading Machines (ANSI B208.l-l982).
Elements
essential to an
acceptable safe operating procedure include at a minimum:
1. Installation of a momentary contact device (deadman foot switch) to
control power input to
the machine. This device would automatically stop the machine and the
rotating pipe if the
operator's foot was removed from the foot switch for any reason,
2. Provide training and education to the machine operators concerning all
the appropriate
procedures for the safe operation and use of this type of machinery.

Issued

Jul 15, 1994

Abate by

Jul 20, 1994

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $210 Reduced