Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 007 Hazard: EXPLOSION

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: Employees were exposed to serious injury or death due to the potential hazard of an explosion as the result of exposure to Class 1, Division 1 environments. Operations were conducted without benefit of any remote protection as provided in similar operations on site. a) Glaze Barrel #1 b) Conventtional Blender Building Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to properly make these two (2) operations remote thereby eliminating the hazard. Reference is made to the acceptable Industry Practice. Violation occurred on 6/3/89.