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By Mike Mitchell |
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January 26, 2010 - OSHA found workers were exposed to electrocution hazards from the company's failure to first de-energize live electrical parts before having employees work on them. This situation resulted in the issuance of one willful citation, carrying a proposed fine of $55,000. OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with plain indifference to or intentional disregard for worker safety and health. |
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"Failing to de-energize live electrical parts exposes workers to swift
and serious injury or death from electric shock," said Christopher
Adams, OSHA's area director in
The inspection also identified several other hazards, including misused
extension cords, unlabeled electrical circuits, unguarded open-sided
roof areas and work platforms, lack of protective gloves, inadequate
chemical hazard communication and allowing a buildup of combustible
residue in a flammable spraying area. These conditions resulted in seven
serious citations, with $14,000 in fines. Serious citations are issued
when death or serious physical harm is likely to result from hazards
about which the employer knew or should have known.
Finally, the company has been issued one repeat citation, with a $2,000
fine, for failing to properly record an injury on its illness and injury
log. OSHA had cited the company for a similar condition in June 2008.
"One means of preventing hazards such as these is for employers to
establish effective comprehensive workplace safety and health programs
involving workers in proactively evaluating, identifying and eliminating
hazards," said Robert Kulick, OSHA's regional administrator in
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Schweizer Aircraft
Corp. has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and proposed
penalties to comply, participate in an informal conference with OSHA's
area director or contest the findings before the independent
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The inspection was
conducted by OSHA's Syracuse Area Office.
The Schweizer
Aircraft Corporation, located in
Previously the
oldest privately owned aircraft company in the
The basic design
remained unchanged over the years. Between Hughes and Schweizer, nearly
3,000 copies of the Model 269/300 have been built and flown over the
last 50 years. Schweizer continued to develop the Model 300 by adding a
turbine and redesigning the body to create the Schweizer 330, and then
further developments led to the development of the Schweizer 333. An
improved version in the series, the Schweizer S-434, was released in
2008. |
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