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

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to employees 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) Throughout construction site; Employee(s) operating 4 Rigid 300 Pipe Threaders machine numbers 7544567,F58141, S772532, and one with no number and a Thred-o-Matic s/n 16549, that were not equipped with a mandatory moment contact device as required by the American National Standards Institute ANSI B208.1-1982, Section 4.4. One feasible and acceptable method of abatement is to equip through the installation of a constant pressure foot treadle switch so that if the employee(s) are caught in the equipments rotating parts, the equipment can be easily shut off. Violation observed on or about 4/14/99