OSHA Inspection: GLOBE METALLURGICAL INC.

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Jan 11, 2005

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

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 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 burn hazards from radiant heat while manually charging the
furnaces.
(a)On May 28, 2004, an employee was preparing to manually charge furnace
#2 with raw
material while seated on a Hyster forklift that had been modified to
operate as a charge
buggy when the furnace erupted. Displaced molten Silicon metal and radiant
heat
generated by the eruption caused severe burns that resulted in the death
of the employee.
Furnace eruptions have occurred at this facility in the past.  These
eruptions are
unpredictable and are likely to reoccur in the future.  Manually charging
the furnaces
while there is a potential for eruption is an unacceptable risk to
employee
safety.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is
to modify the
furnaces, as other companies in this industry have done, so that the
furnaces can be
charged automatically.  Automatic charging would eliminate the need for an
employee
to be near the furnace while it is charged with raw material. In the event
of an eruption,
the employees would not be exposed to the burn hazards associated with the
flying
molten material and the radiant heat.nt

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Nov 22, 2004

Abate by

Nov 29, 2004

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500