OSHA Inspection: GML COATINGS, LLC

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):     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 an employee was exposed to being struck by a violently dislodged pneumatic pipe plug.    a) In the old wet well at lift station #2, on or about March 26, 2012, an employee who was standing directly in front of an improperly installed pneumatic pipe plug was exposed to being struck by the plug due to its failure resulting in the plug violently dislodging.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):     The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    a)  In the old wet well at lift station #2, on or about March 26, 2012, employees were not adequately trained to work around pneumatic pipe plugs that were installed in underground installations, resulting in a struck-by hazard.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(7)(ii):     Each employee at the edge of a well, pit, shaft, or  similar excavation 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, fences, barricades, or covers:    a) At the lift station #2 old wet well, on or about March 26, 2012, employees who were standing above the wet well while staging equipment were exposed to falling through two unprotected openings into the fifteen-foot deep well.