OSHA Inspection: TENARIS HICKMAN, L.P.

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

May 30, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,225 · Current $1,225

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:
At the establishment, located at 5050 North County Road, 967, Blytheville,
Arkansas,
employees are exposed to contact with metal pipe heated at approximately
900 to 1750
degrees in the following instances:
(a)in Mill Forming Areas #1 and #2, the operators of the mills are exposed
to  contact with hot pipes heated to approximately between 600 and 1850
degrees.
(b)employees in Heat Treat #2 area are exposed to heated pipes at
approximately 900 degrees when entering or exiting the control room or
when using a lever to flip the pipe into bucks.
(c)employees walking through the plant, near pipes heated between the range
of 600 degrees and 1850 degrees are not protected by barriers from
contact with the pipe.
Among other methods, two feasible and acceptable abatement methods to
correct this hazard are:
(1)purchase or fabricate guards to place over the pipe with openings small
enough
to prevent employee contact with the heated pipe
(2)erect a barrier between the pipe and where employees work or pass with
sufficient space between so the hazard would be guarded by distance.
NOTE: THE  EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT
CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO DO SO WILL
RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 AS PER 29
CFR 1903.19.
Or in the Alterative
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):  Machine guarding was not provided to protect
operator(s) and other
employees from hazard(s) created by hot surfaces:
At the establishment, located at 5050 North County Road, 967, Blytheville,
Arkansas,
employees are exposed to contact with metal pipe heated at approximately
900 to 1750
degrees in the following instances:
(a)in Mill Forming Areas #1 and #2, the operators of the mills are exposed
to  contact with hot pipes heated to approximately between 1850 and 1750
degrees.  Employees check the weld as it cools while walking alongside
the pipe at a distance ranging between 16 inches to 2 feet from the pipe.
(b)employees in the Heat Treat #2 area are exposed to pipe which has cooled
to approximately 900 degrees when entering or exiting the control room
or when using a lever to flip the pipe into bucks.
(c)employees walking through the plant, near the hot pipes are not
protected
by barriers from contact with the pipes.

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

May 1, 2008

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $350 Reduced

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

May 15, 2008

Penalty

Initial $1,225 · Current $1,225

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

May 1, 2008

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

May 1, 2008

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

Apr 24, 2008

Issued

Apr 14, 2008

Abate by

May 15, 2008