WESTON, MO —
OSHA Inspection: KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY in 20250 NORTH 45 HIGHWAY, WESTON, MO 64098 (NAICS 221119). OSHA activity number 310932322.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
- Site address
- 20250 NORTH 45 HIGHWAY
- City
- WESTON
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 64098
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 221119
- SIC code (legacy)
- 4911
- Employees
- 130
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2007
- Abate by
- Dec 8, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000
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 the hazard of steam burns while reacting to catastrophic releases of steam: Throughout the Iatan Station #1 the employer failed to develop emergency procedures to address large steam releases. Employees were exposed to serious burns while reacting to a catastrophic steam line failure. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct the hazardous condition would be to implement operating procedures and training to address the emergency conditions as described in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazard Code 85 - 2007 Edition. Abatement certification is required for this item (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S)
- — Z (S) $7000.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2007
- Abate by
- Dec 8, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $700 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 the hazard of steam burns due to potential power piping rupture occurrence: At Iatan Station #1 the operating company had not determined the root cause of a steam line rupture in order to develop corrective action to minimize the probability of recurrence in that no consideration was given to factors such as, but not limited to, original pipe design requirements and implied corrosion limits. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct the hazardous condition would be to generate a failure report as described in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code for Pressure Piping B31.1 - 2004 Edition. Abatement certification is required for this item (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S) $700.00
- — Z (S) $7000.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2007
- Abate by
- Dec 8, 2007
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000
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 the hazard of steam burns due to inadequate inspection and maintenance of high pressure high temperature water piping systems: In that throughout the power station employees were exposed to the hazard of serious burns from high pressure high temperature water lines which were not adequately inspected nor properly maintained. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazardous condition would be to implement a written routine, periodic inspection protocol on all components of high pressure high temperature water piping system(s) including, but not limited to, supporting elements (i.e. anchors and supports) and piping erosion/corrosion monitoring as described in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code for Pressure Piping B31.1 - 2004 Edition. Abatement certification is required for this item (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S)
- — Z (S) $7000.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 310932322.
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