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OSHA Inspection: ANSONIA COPPER & BRASS, INC.

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of ANSONIA COPPER & BRASS, INC. in 75 LIBERTY STREET, ANSONIA, CT 06401 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 123305971.

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Site address
75 LIBERTY STREET
City
ANSONIA
State
CT
ZIP
06401
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
3351
Employees
330
Ownership type
A

9 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.133 A01

Serious Gravity 02 2 instances 18 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.1027 E04

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.1027 M02 I

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1910.1027 L04 I

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $2000.00

1910.1027 L04 IV

Serious Gravity 02 11 instances 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by

5(a)(1)

Repeat Gravity 10 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $25000.00 · Current $11000.00 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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 burn injuries from explosions of molten metal in casting
operations:
On or about June 3, 2000:
Casting Shop, Casting Station #21:  Employees who performed semicontinous
direct chill
casting were exposed to serious burns from explosions which occurred when
molten metal
contacted water in the casting tank.  Two workers received second and
third degreee burns when
molten metal that was being cast into a billets, contacted water and
caused a water/metal
explosion.
Amongst others, some feasible means of abatement include the following:
1.  Increase the distance of the worker from casting operations that
involve molten metal.
2.  Provide protective barriers such as screens between the worker and
casting operations that
involve molten metal.
3.  Develop a written preventative maintenance program to ensure proper
operation of tilt
controls for furnaces, casting tanks, billet molds, and mold plugs.
4.  Require that the furnace tilt control device automatically return to
its "off" position when the
manual initiating force is removed.  (Reference: ANSI Z241.2-1989 at
5.3.5.2.1 General
Safeguards Electric Furnaces)
6.  Provide means for monitoring water temperature at each casting tank
where direct chill
casting is done.
7.  Develop a training program for semicontinous direct chill casting that
identifies factors
causing billet leakouts and hangups, provides information on early
recognition of billet leakouts
and hangups, that contains the procedures to follow for billet leakouts
and hangups, and that
states any checks or corrections that should be made when the finished
billet
is found to have
areas of bulging (weeping).
Abatement Documentation Required For This Item
The Employer Was Previously Cited For A Violation Of This Occupational
Safety and Health
Standard Which Was Contained In OSHA Inspection Number 123298093, Citation
Number 1,
Item Number 1, Issued on 07/07/1999, With Respect To A Workplace Located
At 75 Liberty,
Ansonia, Connecticut, 06401, Final Order Date August 19, 1999.t
Recent events (2)
  • — I (R) $11000.00
  • — Z (R) $25000.00

1910.132 A

Repeat Gravity 05 2 instances 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $17500.00 · Current $8300.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (R) $8300.00
  • — Z (R) $17500.00

1910.1027 M03 I

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 19 instances 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1910.1027 N01 IIB

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Abate by

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