Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: OTHER

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of employment 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 hazards of contacting acids and corrosives from leakage or spillage in areas where there was insufficient lighting: a)at the #1 containment area of the facility, where illumination was measured with a light meter at levels of 3.7 to 31.2 foot candles of light in and around the ground level of the containment where sulfuric acid was stored. On September 11, 2005, at approximately 04:15 am, an employee went outside to perform routine inspection and adjustments of the diluter pump and was discovered inside the containment area on his hands and knees covered with 93sulfuric acid as the result of a leak from the diluter tank. ABATEMENT NOTE: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to install lighting which is in accordance with ANSI A11.l-1965 (R1970) Industrial Lighting, Table 1, which lists the level of illumination currently recommended for ordinary inspection to be 50 foot candles.on