OSHA Inspection: BURLINGAME WIRE PRODUCTS INC. DBA ABCO

Issued

2007-05-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $350.00 Reduced

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 explosion hazards:
The plastic pipe used to transport compressed air from the air compressor
to equipment located
in the wood shop area was not encased with shatter resistant. Employees
were exposed to
hazards associated with fragments of exploding PVC pipe.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO
CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS; to incase the PVC pipe in shatter resistant
material as
recommended in the Plastic Pipe Institute (PPI) dated January 1972, and
revised December
30, 1005 recommendation B.
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the
above violation is
completed.

Issued

2007-05-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $350.00 Reduced

Issued

2007-05-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $525.00 · Current $263.00 Reduced

Issued

2007-05-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-06-25 00:00:00