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

COLONIAL FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 106939630, CITATION NO. 1, ITEM NO. 1, ISSUED ON 6/26/99, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 6727 TRANSIT ROAD, WILLIAMSVILLE. 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 the hazard of becoming entangled in the exposed rotating parts which could result in fractures, crushing injuries, and/or death: On or about 2/25/99 A) Jo-Ann Fabrics Store, Hamburg, NY. Employees operated a Rigid Model 300-T2 portable pipe threading machine. The machine was activated with a 3-way toggle switch that would not automatically shut off if the operator was inadvertently caught up in the rotating parts. ABATEMENT NOTES: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to reduce this hazard is to establish and enforce adequate safe operating procedures. Procedures such as those stipulated in the American National Standard for Portable Pipe Threading Machines (ANSI B208.1-1982). Elements essential to an acceptable safe operating procedure include at a minimum: 1) Installation of a momentary contact switch (deadman foot switch) to control the power input to the machine. This device would automatically shut off power to the machine when the operator's foot is removed from the foot switch for any reason. and, 2) Provide training and education to the machine operators concerning all appropriate procedures for the safe operation and use of this machinery.