OSHA Inspection: OHIO STEEL INDUSTRIES

Issued

May 1, 2012

Abate by

Jul 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,525 · Current $1,263 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(viii):     Circuit breakers used as switches in 120-volt and 277-volt, fluorescent lighting circuits shall be listed and marked "SWD."    a. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer would turn the fluorescent lights in the building for Bay 1 and Bay 2 on and off at the circuit breakers, but the circuit breakers were not marked as SWD, or Switch Duty.

Issued

May 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,208 · Current $2,104 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5):     Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent, continuous, and effective.    a. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer had a re-locatable power tap that was plugged into a pendant style flexible cord that had a damaged grounding pin on the plug attatchment.  The grounding pin had been pulled out of the attachment plug and was stuck in the pendant cord.  The damaged cord was located in the warehouse area, powering an electronic scale.

Issued

May 1, 2012

Abate by

May 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,525 · Current $1,263 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A):   Unless specifically permitted otherwise in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this section, flexible cords and cables may not be used:    As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure;    a. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility, located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer had a sander that was powered with a Baldor industrial motor (Serial # W197) that was powered using a flexible extension cord, rather than fixed wiring.    b. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility, located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer had a radio by the powder coat spray station that was powered with several flexible extension cords, rather than fixed wiring.    c. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility, located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer had an industrial fan in the warehouse that was powered using several flexible extension cords, rather than fixed wiring.

Issued

May 1, 2012

Abate by

May 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C):     Unless specifically permitted otherwise in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this section, flexible cords and cables may not be used:    Where run through doorways, windows, or similar openings;    a. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility, located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer had several extension cords that ran under a wooden door, into the work station where the powder coat was sprayed onto the fabricated equipment.  The extension cords were used to power a radio at the powder coat work station.

Issued

May 1, 2012

Abate by

May 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii):     Flexible cords may be used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap. Hard-service cord and junior hard-service cord No. 14 and larger may be repaired if spliced so that the splice retains the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the cord being spliced.    a. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio the employer had multiple extension cords that were used to run power to a radio that was located by the work station where employees spray fabricated pieces with powder coating.    b. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility located on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio the employer had multiple extension cords that were used to run power to an industrial fan that was located in the warehouse.

Issued

May 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,208 · Current $2,104 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(j)(2)(i):     All 15- and 20-ampere attachment plugs and connectors shall be constructed so that there are no exposed current-carrying parts except the prongs, blades, or pins. The cover for wire terminations shall be a part that is essential for the operation of an attachment plug or connector (dead-front construction). Attachment plugs shall be installed so that their prongs, blades, or pins are not energized unless inserted into an energized receptacle. No receptacles may be installed so as to require an energized attachment plug as its source of supply.    a. At the Ohio Steel Industries facility on Ferris Road in Columbus, Ohio, the employer had an extension cord located in the warehouse used to power an industrial fan that had an attachment plug that was not dead front.  The attachment plug on the extension cord was equipped with a paper wafer that covered the wire terminations.