OSHA Inspection: CAN-DO-IT CO INC.

Issued

Apr 25, 2001

Abate by

Apr 30, 2001

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

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) 7th and Martin Luther King Blvd. Newark, NJ
Building 3-0
Employees were exposed the hazard of being caught in rotating parts of the
equipment in use.
The employees were using a Ridgid 300 electric pipe threader which was not
equipped with
safeguards which would cause the machine to shut off in the event an
employee got caught in
rotating parts.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to install a constant pressure foot control switch as required by the
American National Standards
Institute B 208.1 Section 4.4
Violation observed on or about 04/05/01

Issued

Apr 25, 2001

Abate by

Jun 12, 2001

Penalty

Initial $450 · Current $450

Issued

Apr 25, 2001

Abate by

May 21, 2001

Issued

Apr 25, 2001

Abate by

Jun 12, 2001

Issued

Apr 25, 2001

Abate by

Apr 30, 2001

Issued

Apr 25, 2001

Abate by

May 2, 2001