OSHA Inspection: WIGINTON FIRE SPRINKLERS, INC.

Issued

Nov 4, 1998

Abate by

Dec 7, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,300 · Current $900 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 were
exposed to the hazard of being pulled into and crushed by the rotating
parts of a pipe
threading machine:
(a) 9155 Ellis Road, Melbourne, FL, employees operated a Rigid 300 pipe
threading machine
which was activated by a toggle switch that would not automatically shut
the machine off if
the operator was inadvertently caught up in its rotating parts, on or
about September 30,
1998.
ABATEMENT NOTES:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to eliminated this
hazard is to
follow the American National Institute Safety Standard for Portable Pipe
Threading
Machines
and Portable Power Drives - Safety Requirements (ANSI B208.1-1982),
Section 4.4, which
states as follows: "a momentary contact device shall be used to control
the power input to the
cord-connected portable pipe threading machine or power drive.  If a foot
switch is used, it
shall be guarded:.