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 the hazard of being struck-by molten aluminum: a)Building #1, Furnace Area, On or about 1/24/00, Where employees were required to charge aluminum furnaces with scrap aluminum, the employer failed to ensure that charge material (scrap aluminum) was free of entrained moisture, snow, and/ or ice. Employees exposed to the hazard of being struck by molten aluminum. b)Building #1, Furnace Area, On or about 1/26/00, Where employees were required to charge aluminum furnaces with scrap aluminum, the employer failed to ensure that charge material (scrap aluminum) was free of entrained moisture, snow, and/ or ice. Employees exposed to the hazard of being struck by molten aluminum. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to: 1) Store scrap material in a heated area for a length of time long enough to melt and dry any snow, ice, moisture present. 2) Preheat charge materials to remove any surface and entrained moisture, as set forth in ANSI Z241.2-1989 paragraph 5.3.5.4. Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.