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2002 - 07/02/2002 - Improper Excavation Procedures Contribute To Death of Construction Worker |
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Region 1 News Release: BOS 2002-146 July 2, 2002 Contact: Ted Fitzgerald PHONE: (617) 565-2074 New Britain, Conn., Manufacturer HARTFORD, Conn. - A worker's death in unguarded machinery, inadequate safeguards for the workers who responded to the accident, and other safety and health hazards have resulted in $67,500 in fines against a New Britain, Conn., plumbing parts manufacturer. Connecticut Stamping and Bending, Inc., 206 Newington Ave., has been cited by the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 28 alleged serious and seven other than serious violations following the April 24 death of a worker whose head was caught in an injection molding machine. "The inspection found that this machine and several others lacked adequate safeguards to prevent workers from coming in contact with their moving parts," said Thomas Guilmartin, OSHA's Hartford Area Director. Workers who responded to the accident and cleaned up after it were exposed to the hazards of bloodborne pathogens due to the employer's failure to supply them with appropriate personal protective equipment, offer them post-exposure medical evaluations and the Hepatitis B vaccine. Guilmartin noted that such protective measures are required for employees, such as first aid responders, whose duties involve exposure to blood. OSHA's inspection also uncovered numerous other instances of unguarded machinery, electrical safety hazards, deficiencies in confined space entry, unlabeled containers of acids and other hazardous chemicals, fall hazards, defective hoisting equipment, damaged storage racks, an uneven stairway, improper exit signage and a missing flash arrestor/backflow preventer on gas/air piping. A total of $63,500 in fines is proposed for the serious citations. A $4,000 fine is proposed for the employer's failure to notify OSHA of the worker's death within eight hours. Additional other-than-serious citations cover deficiencies involving personal protective equipment training and assessment, noise monitoring, compressed air receivers, a table saw, and a drill press. A serious violation is defined as one in which there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result, and the employer knew, or should have known, of the hazard. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm. The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to either elect to comply with them, to request and participate in an informal conference with the OSHA area director, or to contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The inspection was conducted by the OSHA Area Office in Hartford, Conn. The telephone number is 860-240-3152. ###
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