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OSHA Inspection: WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of WOLVERINE TUBE, INC. in 500 WOLVERINE ROAD, SHAWNEE, OK 74804 (NAICS 331421). OSHA activity number 308059690.

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Site address
500 WOLVERINE ROAD
City
SHAWNEE
State
OK
ZIP
74804
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Union (Y)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
331421
SIC code (legacy)
3351
Employees
483
Ownership type
Private (A)

1 citation on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Deleted Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Oct 28, 2004
Abate by
Nov 30, 2004
Penalty
Initial $2,625 · Current $2,625
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:
On or about September 6, 2004, employees were injured by pushing/pulling
on a pry-bar
inserted into a crank shaft for the purpose of rotating a 4,000 pound
counterweight on the tube
reducing machine.  This exposed employees to the hazard of being struck by
the pry-bar during
the manual movement of the counterweights.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard would
be to establish proper
work procedures which requires the use of appropriate lifting equipment,
thereby eliminating the
need for manual movement of the counterweight..
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2625.00
  • · Z (S) $2625.00

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