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 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 pulled into the rotating parts of a pipe threading machine: a). First Floor Level, Main Entrance Area. On or about 1/6/05, an employee operated a Ridgid 300 Pipe Machine that was not equipped with a momentary contact device as required by American National Standard for Portable Pipe Threading Machines (ANSI) B208.1982, Section 4.4. The machine was activated by a toggle switch that would not automatically shut off if the operator was inadvertently caught up in the rotating parts and 2 inch diameter stock. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to install a properly guarded momentary contact device (constant pressure foot switch). NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIREDATION