Pipe Fabricator Failed to Provide, Enforce Procedures to Prevent Machine Startups

A Georgia pipe fabricator faces seven OSHA citations and, fines of $75,960, after inspectors found poor oversight and inadequate safety procedures plagued the Gainesville facility, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Atlanta-East office found. OSHA issued U.S. Pipe Fabrication LLC three serious citations for failing to ensure workers followed energy-control procedures to prevent unexpected machine startups during servicing, exposing workers to unguarded saw blades and not instructing workers on the hazards of fighting fires. U.S. Pipe received thr...