OSHA Inspection: TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION

Issued

2014-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:    a) 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 working/walking in the enclosed counterweigh area were exposed to asphyxiation from the release of flammable Coke Oven Gas (COG) from the rupture disc of the coke side manifold.  b) 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 working/walking in the enclosed counterweigh area were exposed to explosion and fire hazards from the release and ignition of flammable Coke Oven Gas (COG) from the rupture disc of the coke side manifold.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2014-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, or approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:  a) On or about 01/31/14, in the counterweight area where Coke Oven Gas(COG) manifolds were located, electrical equipment and wiring such as, but not limited to: 120 volts electrical boxes and transformers for lighting, stack controls, reversal alarm, 480 volts dicarbonizing air disconnect switch, 120 volts L.B. White Tradesman K170 Forced Air Kerosene Heaters were not approved for Class I, Division 2 location.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED