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

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 struck by hazard while working near Condenser #3 inlet manway: a. On or about 10/26/2017, at the Big Bend power plant, employees were exposed to a struck by hazard, in that, the condenser inlet 3B manway cover was not maintained to assure that all fastening components were free form corrosion and assure the ongoing integrity of the cover. b) On or about 10/26/2017, at the Big Bend power plant, employees were exposed to a struck by hazard, in that, condenser inlet 3A manway cover was modified by adding support brackets "stiffeners" at the back of the cover's I0 attachment brackets without conducting an engineering analysis and evaluation to assure the modification maintained the manufacturer's design and the manway cover was modified by replacing the cover's wing nuts with hex nuts without conducting an engineering analysis and evaluation to assure the modification maintained the manufacturer's design. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to correct these hazards would be to: 1. Comply with the manufacturer's installation operation and maintenance of equipment and components. 2. Establish an inspection schedule and when the results of an inspection show that a change has occurred from the original physical condition of equipment, an evaluation shall be made to determine its suitability for continued use. 3. Implement inspection to assess and evaluate metal loss from pitting corrosion. 4. Comply with the manufacturer's instructions contained on engineering drawing K200/00/0732-0620 for torque and sequence when fastening the manway cover.