OSHA Inspection: NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY

Issued

2019-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8315.00 · Current $8315.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(C): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by a personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning systems:  (a)    Blast Booth:  On or about November 30, 2018 employees were not provided with a personal fall protection system, where other means of fall protection were not feasible, that encompassed all areas on top of the blast booth where employees were spreading plastic sheeting to protect against blast media leakage.  (b)    Blast Booth:  On or about November 30, 2018 employees that go on top of the blast booth were using a fall harness that had only one lanyard to attach to a 32-inch high guardrail with posts, as instructed by management, which requires the employee to detach his lanyard to go down the length of the guardrail.

Issued

2019-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4989.00 · Current $4989.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.140(d)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that personal fall arrest systems were rigged in such a manner that the employee cannot free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) or contact a lower level:  Blast Booth:  On or about November 30, 2018 the guardrail that employees were instructed to use as an anchor point for their personal fall harness when on top of the blast booth would allow a free fall distance of greater than six feet.

Issued

2019-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6652.00 · Current $6652.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:  (a) Maintenance Shop:  A Dewalt 8 inch Bench Grinder (Model DW758 Serial Number 200545-YL0414) had the adjustable tongue adjusted out to the edge of the guard which was one-half inch from the abrasive wheel.

Issued

2019-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6652.00 · Current $6652.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations was not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:  (a)    Coatings Building:  On or about November 30, 2018 a two-bulb fluorescent light directly above the coating table and within ten feet of flammable paint spraying operations was not approved for a hazardous location in that the light was not designed with a cover to seal off potential spark producing components.

Issued

2019-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance had not been conducted at least once every 3 years:  (a)    On or about November 28, 2018 the employer had not evaluated the performance of each powered industrial truck operator at least once every three years.