OSHA Inspection: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY - LOUISIANA MILL

Issued

Feb 26, 2001

Abate by

Mar 1, 2001

Penalty

Initial $7,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish to each of his employees 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 were exposed to the following condition(s):
a)  For the period of time up to and including 7 Sep 00, calendar
(intermediate) rolls
used in the various paper machines in the facility were not inspected to
determine the
existance of cracking in areas of high stress concentration. The calendar
rolls used in the
paper machines have been in service for up to approximately 30 years and
are only
removed periodically (8-12 months) for polishing.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is conduct non-destructive testing of the rolls when they are
periodically removed
for polishing.ly