OSHA Cites Universal Stainless & Alloy for Safety and Health Violations
10/02/2007 - OSHA is proposing $126,500 in penalties for alleged safety and health violations at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. for alleged safety and health violations. OSHA is proposing $126,500 in penalties.
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OSHA issues a Repeat Citation when an employer previously has been cited for a substantially similar violation and that citation and its penalty have become final.
Serious violations are issued when there is a substantial probability that death or serious injury could occur from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
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OSHA’s citations were the result of investigations prompted by a complaint by an employee that received an electrical shock while using an abrasive chop saw. As a result of the investigation, the company was issued citations for one repeat violation with a penalty of $25,000, and 35 serious violations with penalties of $101,500.
The repeat violation was for the company's failure to install guardrails around open-sided floors and platforms more than four feet above the adjacent floor or ground level.
The serious violations include improper storage of compressed gas cylinders; lack of personal protective equipment when employees worked with high voltage equipment and corrosive liquids; failure to develop, document and utilize procedures for the control of hazardous energy; failure to provide first aid training to employees when an infirmary, clinic or hospital was not immediately accessible; and various electrical hazards.
The company has 15 working days from receipt of the citations to appeal them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
The repeat violation was for the company's failure to install guardrails around open-sided floors and platforms more than four feet above the adjacent floor or ground level.
The serious violations include improper storage of compressed gas cylinders; lack of personal protective equipment when employees worked with high voltage equipment and corrosive liquids; failure to develop, document and utilize procedures for the control of hazardous energy; failure to provide first aid training to employees when an infirmary, clinic or hospital was not immediately accessible; and various electrical hazards.
The company has 15 working days from receipt of the citations to appeal them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
