OSHA Inspection: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORP MIDDLETOWN WORKS

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 18, 2023

Penalty

Initial $14,502 · Current $14,502

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i): Energy Control Procedure: Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.  Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.    a)	On July 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees utilized the machine-specific lockout procedures while performing servicing and maintenance activity of gapping/adjustments on coiler 2 in that lockout procedure for the pneumatic system that powered the bottom wrapper arm was not followed. The JSA employees were following did not require employees to utilize lockout procedures.  As a result, an employee was exposed when the bottom pneumatic wrapper arm was activated.   b)	On or about July 19, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees utilized the machine-specific lockout procedures while performing the servicing and maintenance activity of changing the underhung table roll on PR3 Entry followed the lockout tagout procedures in that the spreader/side guides were not shut down and isolated.  c)	On or about July 25, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees utilized the machine-specific lockout procedures while performing the servicing and Maintenance activity of Running the Polishing Sled,  in the Coilers roll lines followed the lockout tagout procedures in that the rollers and slide guides were not shut down and isolated.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Feb 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $14,502 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d):Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:    (d)(2) Machine or equipment shutdown.   (d)(3) Machine or equipment isolation.   (d)(4)(I) Lockout or tagout devices application.  (d)(5) Stored Energy  (d)(6) Verification of Isolation.    a)	On July 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that each employee performing the servicing and Maintenance activity of gapping/adjustments on coiler 2  first shut the machine down((d)(2)) and isolated the machine's power sources ((d)(3)) in that the pneumatic system that powered the bottom wrapper arm was not locked out. As a result, an employee was exposed when the bottom pneumatic wrapper arm was activated.  b)	On or about July 19, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees performing the servicing and Maintenance activity of changing the underhung table roll on PR3 Entry followed the lockout tagout procedures in that the spreader/side guides were not shut down and isolated. c)	On or about July 25, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees performing the servicing and Maintenance activity of Running the Polishing Sled,  in the Coilers roll lines followed the lockout tagout procedures in that the rollers and slide guides were not shut down and isolated.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 18, 2023

Penalty

Initial $14,502 · Current $14,502

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(e)(2)(i): The work area shall be checked to ensure that all employees have been safely positioned or removed.  a)	On July 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees were first removed or safely positioned from the machine area before energizing the machine to facilitate testing and positioning of the lower wrapper arm on coiler #2. As a result, an employee was exposed when the bottom pneumatic wrapper arm was activated.   b)	On or about July 19, 2022,  the employer did not ensure that employees were first removed or safely positioned from the machine area before energizing the machine to facilitate testing and positioning of the spreader/side guides on PR3 Entry.  c)	On or about July 25, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees were first removed or safely positioned from the machine area before energizing the machine to facilitate testing and positioning of the Polishing Sled on the coiler roll lines.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Feb 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $14,502 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(f)(1)(ii): In situations in which lockout or tagout devices must be temporarily removed from the energy isolating device and the machine or equipment energized to test or position the machine, equipment or component thereof, the following sequence of actions shall be followed: Remove employees from the machine or equipment area in accordance with paragraph (e)(2) of this section;  a)	On July 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees were first removed from the machine area before energizing the machine to facilitate testing and positioning of the lower wrapper arm on coiler #2. As a result, an employee was exposed when the bottom pneumatic wrapper arm was activated.   b)	On or about July 19, 2022,  the employer did not ensure that employees were first removed from the machine area before energizing the machine to facilitate testing and positioning of the spreader/side guides on PR3 Entry.  c)	On or about July 25, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees were first removed from the machine area before energizing the machine to facilitate testing and positioning of the Polishing Sled on the coiler roll lines.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 18, 2023

Penalty

Initial $79,761 · Current $14,502 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(1)(i):(1) Unprotected sides and edges.  (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must 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 one or more of the following:   (A): Guardrail systems; (B) Safety net systems: or (C) Personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraints, or positioning systems.   a) On or about July 26, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees working in the hotstrip mill on coiler #2 were protected from falling approximately 7 feet by a guardrail system, safety net system, and/or personal fall protection system.   The employer was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or a substantially similar standard in OSHA inspection number 1530380, citation number 1, item number 1, which was affirmed in a final order on December 15, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 3060 Eggers Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44105