OSHA Inspection: SOUTHLAND TUBE, INC.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $5,500

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(7): Every temporary floor opening did not have standard railings, or was not constantly attended by someone:  (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Mill #5, Slitter #2, employees were exposed to fall hazards when working near a floor opening at the coil handling platform.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:    (a)  On or about 05/10/13 -  Mill 4 Packing Line,  employees were exposed to a fall hazard from the platform while taking pipe measurements using a steel tape measure.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toe board:     (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Mill #5, Slitter #2, Coil loading platform, employees were exposed to falling into the path of the moving elevator cart.     (b)  On or about 05/10/13 - Mill #5, Coil cart platform, employees were exposed to falling into the path of a moving coil car.     (c)  On or about 05/10/13 - Packing Line, employees were exposed to falling onto the moving trolley at the unguarded opening.     (d)  On or about 05/10/13 - Arbor for slitter #2 platform, employees were exposed to an unguarded opening over the scrap conveyor.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1): Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:     (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Mill #5, Slitter #2, standard guard rails were not provided at the separator pit.  Employees were exposed to falling 17 feet into the separator pit.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.24(h): Standard railings were not provided on the open sides of all exposed stairways and stair platforms:    (a)   On or about 05/10/13 - Packing Line, handrails were not provided at the stairway leading to the packing line platform.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(i): Warning device. Except for floor-operated cranes a gong or other effective warning was not provided for each crane equipped with a power traveling mechanism:  (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - G-Bay 10-Ton Overhead Crane, the warning device was inoperative.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by rotating parts:   (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Mill #5 Turn Stile, guarding was not provided to protect employees from coming in contact with the four-arm turn stile.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,300 · Current $3,300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:  (a)   On or about 05/10/13 - Maintenance Shop, 6-inch Westward bench grinder, the workrest was not adjusted to within 1/8 inch of the abrasive wheel.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:  (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Maintenance, a tongue guard was not provided for the abrasive wheel of an 8-inch bench grinder.  (b)  On or about 05/10/13 - Maintenance, a tongue guard was not provided for the abrasive wheel of a 6-inch bench grinder.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Mill #5, the 240-volt service cord for the control box servicing the pipe conveyor did not have a strain relief device.

Issued

Nov 7, 2013

Abate by

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(j)(4)(v): The disconnecting means was not readily accessible:  (a)  On or about 05/10/13 - Maintenance Shop, disconnecting means for equipment used in the shop was blocked by equipment and other materials.