OSHA Inspection: COLONIAL FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS INC.

Issued

Jun 4, 1999

Abate by

Jun 9, 1999

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

COLONIAL FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A
VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS
EQUIVALENT STANDARD, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION
NUMBER 106939630, CITATION NO. 1, ITEM NO. 1, ISSUED ON 6/26/99, WITH
RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 6727 TRANSIT ROAD, WILLIAMSVILLE.
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 becoming entangled in the exposed rotating
parts which could
result in fractures, crushing injuries, and/or death:
On or about 2/25/99
A) Jo-Ann Fabrics Store, Hamburg, NY. Employees operated a Rigid Model
300-T2
portable pipe threading machine. The machine was activated with a 3-way
toggle switch
that would not automatically shut off if the operator was inadvertently
caught up in the
rotating parts.
ABATEMENT NOTES:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable 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 B208.1-1982). Elements essential to an acceptable safe operating
procedure
include at a minimum:
1) Installation of a momentary contact switch (deadman foot switch) to
control the power
input to the machine. This device would automatically shut off power to
the machine
when the operator's foot is removed from the foot switch for any reason.
and,
2) Provide training and education to the machine operators concerning all
appropriate
procedures for the safe operation and use of this machinery.