OSHA Inspection: ROB'T J. BAGGETT, INCORPORATED

Issued

2015-03-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2890.00 · Current $2890.00

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 employees were exposed to the hazards of being struck by fragments of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) plastic pipe in the event that the PVC plastic pipe ruptured:     a)Maintenance shop area area; On or about January 16, 2015 and at times prior, the employer exposed his employees to the hazard of being struck by fragments of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) plastic pipe in the event that the PVC plastic pipe ruptured. PVC plastic piping was used in exposed above ground locations to transport compressed air at 120 psi. The employer failed to follow ASME Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems - ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31. Section 842.3.3 Installation Provisions which prohibits the above ground use of PVC pipe for compressed air conveyance.

Issued

2015-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.  a) Corporate office; on or about January 13, 2015 and times prior the employer failed to notify the OSHA Area Office within 24 hours that an employee was hospitalized after an accident. The accident that caused hospitalization occurred at approximately 1:00 PM on January 12, 2015. The employer informed the area office at approximately at 1:55 PM on January 14, 2015.