Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: 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: %% a) The hazard of being struck by exploded billets which can be ejected from hydraulic extrusion presses during implementation of failed billet procedures which utilize blocks of wood between the ram of the press and the billet stuck inside the container which can drive the wood into the billet under ram pressure and cause build up of gases inside the stuck billet creating an explosion hazard. %% One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to implement the failed billet procedure recommended by the manufacturer of the Sutton presses and contained in their instructional manuals which came with the presses %% Also discontinuances of wood or combustible materials that can penetrate the billet under ram pressure and create an explosion potential. %% All affected employees in the Extrusion Dept on all presses should be thoroughly trained in the failed billet procedures that the manufacturer recommends for extrusion presses. On or about 3/5/92. %%