OSHA Inspection: COVANTA SEMASS, LLC

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 5, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety & 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:
a) burns where incandescent lamps were not guarded against accidental
contact and
b) striking-into hazards where flood lamps were positioned in such a
location as to blind
oncoming workers as they travelled the corridor:
Location: 3-1/2 floor at vibrating feeders.
a) Workers were exposed to heat burns from accidental contact with bare
flood lamps
while working/walking in the passageway.
b) Workers were exposed to walking into the building structure and
equipment while
walking/working in the passageway where flood lamps had been so situated
as to cause
glare and temporary blindness.
One possible method of abatement, among others, would be to relocate the
lamp assemblies to
the same side of the passageway as the equipment being lighted and to
raise the position of the
assemblies to an appropriate height to eliminate the contact hazard and
head-on light intensity
of the lamp beams.

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 25, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 11, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 5, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 5, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 11, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

Issued

Jun 1, 2009

Abate by

Jun 5, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000