OSHA Inspection: ONYX ENVIRONMENTAL

Issued

2003-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00

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:
a) The hazard of asphyxiation in that compressed nitrogen was carried in a
piping system
which had not been clearly identified for its content in accordance with
the American
National Standards Institute, ANSI A13.1-1996. On or before July 7, 2003,
one outside
contractor was exposed to the asphyxiation hazard.
Feasible means of abatement would be but not limited to marking all piping
systems with the
appropriate legend meeting the color and size requirements of ANSI
A13.1-1996, Scheme for
the Identification of Piping Systems. Positive identification of a piping
system shall be by
lettered legend giving the name of the contents in full or abbreviated
form.
Legends shall be
applied close to valves, flanges, and adjacent to changes in direction,
branches, and where
pipes pass through walls and floors, and at intervals on a straight pipe
sufficient for
identification.

Issued

2003-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00