OSHA Inspection: WILLIAMS DIE & MOLD, INC.

Issued

Mar 29, 1999

Abate by

May 13, 1999

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

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
was free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to
employees in that employees in that employees were exposed to PVC pipes
that were
transporting compressed air and were not approved for that purpose.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazards
would be to install metal pipe to transport the compressed air. Another
method would be to
install the only type of plastic pipe that has been approved for use with
compressed air, that pipe
is Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS), this ABS marking will be labeled
on the pipe.ed

Issued

Mar 29, 1999

Abate by

Apr 2, 1999

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Mar 29, 1999

Abate by

Apr 2, 1999

Issued

Mar 29, 1999

Abate by

May 13, 1999

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,375 Reduced

Issued

Mar 29, 1999

Abate by

Apr 2, 1999