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

(a) 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 fallin g injurious corrosive, hot black liquor while working and traveling on the 3r d floor of No. 1 recovery boiler under the economizer hopper in the power house. The economizer hopper ocassionally overflows on the upper grated floor and falls to the 3rd floor without warning. Expo-sure to hot black liquor can cause severe burns, respiratory tract irritation, and can cause blindness. Among others, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to design, construct and install larger spill pans to contain the largest possible spill. (b) 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 falling injurious, corrosive green liquor while traveling in caustic area under the green liquor clarifier test sampling port. Green liquor spill from dipper during sampling overhead and could fall on employees causing eye and skin irritation, and respiratory irritation. Among others, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to design, construct and install a spill pan to contain spills.