Tools – Applications &

Safety

Rich Stummer

Regional Manager

Reed Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Reed Manufacturing Co.

Background

• Located in Erie, PA

• Family owned, 111 years

(1896)

• Wholesale distribution

• Pipe Tools & Vises

• Approximately 75%

manufactured in Erie

Cutting Large

Diameter Pipe

• Gas Powered Circular Saw

(Chop Saw, Quickie Saw)

• Universal Pipe Cutter

• Air Powered Reciprocating

Saw

• Hydraulic Snap Cutters

• Manual Pipe Cutters

Pipe Preparation

• Determine pipe and spot to cut

• Insure sufficient work

clearance for tools used

• Use proper safety equipment

• Prepare pipe for cut (clean,

block, secure, etc.)

• Know how to use tools and

follow mfg directions

Pipe Descaler

• Safe

• Effective

• Quick

Gas Powered

Circular Saw

Hazard's Recognized

• Your Guide To Occupational Health and Safety

• Wednesday, September 26, 2007

• Two Similar Incidents And Lessons Learned

• First Incident

Initial MishapNotification Report Date 09/05/07

1- Name of activity, installation, and exact location where incidentoccurred:

Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, Naval Hospital

2- name of contractor, title of contract, number of contract:

R&W Construction Company, Renovate 3rd Floor, Section G, Naval Hospital, N62470-02-D-3500, Task Order 0029

3- Type of work being preformed:

Saw Cutting a 6" ductile iron pipe

Hazard's RecognizedContinued

• 4- Date and Time of incident:

8/31/07, 1600 hours

5- Brief description of incident (Include photographs if available):

a 53 year old employee of R&W Construction, a sub-contractor to Tesoro Corporation, was cutting an existing underground 6" ductile iron pipe with a StihlQuickie Saw. He was making two cuts on the pipe. The first cut was complete and the second cut was close to completion (lacking about 1/4" on the bottom of thepipe) when the pipe pinched and the saw kicked back hitting Mr. Lynch inthe neck.

6- Extent of property damage:

N/A

7- Extent of injuries:

Laceration to neck requiring approximately 30 stitches to close.

Hazard's Recognizedcontinued

• 8- Employee immediate supervisor or responsible person:

Mr. Wayne Pierce

9- Immediate actions taken:

Contractor secured scene to investigate. The ROICC and the Supervisory General Engineer personally contacted the President of the company to express concern over the incident, directed the contractor to provide plan of action to avoid reoccurrence, and scheduled a follow-on meeting to discuss investigation results and plan of action.

10- Follow up actions taken:

Training held by contractor on 5 Sep to discuss safe use of quickie saws. See attached.

11-Safety investigators assigned:

Names Omitted For Blog

12-Initial lessons learned - (FINAL LESSONS LEARNED FORMAT -WITHIN 30 DAYS -SEE SAMPLE ON PAGE 9)

Avoid cutting with the upper quadrant of the wheel if possible.If you are cutting pipe in a trench, make sure the trench is deep enough so you can keep the guard between you and the cutting blade.

•http://hazardsrecognized.blogspot.com/2007/09/two-similar-incidents-and-lessons.html

INDUSTRY RELATED

INJURY

• Construction worker killed

with kicked power saw

• Industry > Construction

Accident

• October 4, 2007

• Print | Email | Link | Industry |

New York Rochester, NY -

Authorities said that Joseph P.

Fusco, 36, was killed Friday

while cutting pipe with a power

saw.

INDUSTRY RELATED

INJURYcontinued

• According to the Rochester police report, Joseph P. Fusco, 36, of Livonia was working on a construction site at 806 North Clinton Avenue. While he was cutting some metal pipes with a power saw, the saw kicked back and hit Fusco in the torso.

• Fusco was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital where he later died. He was an employee of Rochester Utility Contractors. The case was referred to OSHA for further review.

•

• http://troy.injuryhelpline.com/index.rwl?category=news&section=industry&article=Construction+worker+killed+with+kicked+power+saw+&id=4349

Universal Pipe Cuter

• Pneumatic or Hydraulic circular

saw

• Secured to the pipe

• Cuts range of diameter pipe 6”

to 48”

• Cuts cast, ductile, concrete,

clay, PVC, PE, steel

• Cuts in one revolution

• 12” clearance

UPC Advantages

• Safety – cutter secured to pipe,

no gas fumes, operator does

not support weight of saw

• Square cut – cutter tracks with

chain guide

• Speed – est. 1 minute for each

inch in diameter – includes

setup time

• Heaviest component is 28 lbs.

UPC 36 A

Universal Pipe Cutter

UPC Video

Saw-It

• Pneumatic reciprocating saw

• Cuts steel, PVC, PE

• Secured to pipe with vise

• Cuts up to 20” diameter without

repositioning vise

Saw-It

Hydraulic Snap Cutters

• Cuts tile and cast iron pipe (up

to class 22) 36” diameter

• Heavy – chain for 36” diameter

pipe weighs 134 lbs., machine

weighs 250+ lbs.

• Does not always yield square

cut

Hydraulic Snap Cutter

Manual Pipe Cutters

• Rotary Cutters 18” to 36”

diameter steel, cast iron,

ductile iron

• Low Clearance Rotary Cutters

6” to 16” diameter steel, cast

iron, ductile iron

• Hinged Cutters 1” to 12” steel,

cast iron, ductile iron

Manual Pipe Cutters

Advantages

• Safe – no fumes, no fast

moving parts, no hydraulic

pressure situations

• Minimal clearance – 4” to 8”

• Cold cuts – non explosive

Rotary Cutters Video

Large Diameter Pipe

Cutter

• For PVC and HDPE

• cuts PVC or HDPE pipe 6” to

28” diameter

• bevels at 15 degrees both

edges

• add sections for desired

diameter

• cuts up to 2” thick

PLAS CUTTER

Wrenches

• Pipe Wrenches

• Smooth Jaw Wrenches

• Chain Wrenches & Chain

Tongs

• Adjustable Wrenches

• Ratchet and Dual Socket

Wrenches

• Hydrant Wrenches

• Torque Wrenches

• Valve Wheel Wrenches

SMOOTH JAW

WRENCHES

CAREFUL INSTALLATION

SAVES TIME AND MONEY

Ford Meter Box has shipped

thousands of corporation stops

throughout the years. Occasionally,

one of these valves has been returned

to the factory because it leaked.

Almost without

exception the reason for the valve's during installation.

Proper installation

practices save time and money,

so remember these key points when

installing brass

fittings and valves.

Waterworks brass is 85% copper and thus is

relatively soft. It has proven to be extremely durable

once installed; however, it must be handled with care

during installation. The improper use of a wrench

will distort a valve or fitting. Ford Meter Box

Corp Stop properly installed on

side with a relief bend.

New

box

illustration

recommends care during

installation.

recommends the use of a smooth wrench that fits

snug across the wrench flats on the valve body.

The positioning of a corp stop for back filling is

also very important. Ford Meter Box recommends

the valve be placed on its side. This places the valve

body in a position which will offer the most

resistance to the heavy loads generated during

backfilling.

Ford Meter Box offers the largest variety of valves

and couplings in the water works industry. For

information about how Ford can help with your next

installation, call your local Ford distributor or The

Ford Meter Box Company.

~ The Ford Meter Box Co., Inc. 775 Manchester Avenue, P.O. Box 443, Wabash, Indiana, USA 46992-0443

~ Telephone: 260-563-3171 FAX: 800-826-3487 Overseas FAX: 260-563-0167 http://www.fordmeterbox.com

RW14 14” Pipe

Wrench

RW14 + 24” Pipe

36” Wrench

Chain Wrenches &

Chain Tongs

• Up to 18” pipe capacity

Cheater Bars

• Some organizations forbid their use. For example, NASAproscribes:

• "Use the approved tool for the job. Makeshift arrangements such as the use of a screwdriver as a chisel, a pair of pliers as a wrench, a wrenchas a hammer, or overloading a wrench by using a pipe extension (cheater bar) on the handle are not to be employed." [1]

Problems with

Cheater bars

• The use of a cheater bar introduces new hazards into a job that is usually conducted without needing a cheater bar. The Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) is apparently incomplete if it does not address the additional hazards introduced by using the cheater bar.

• The use of a cheater bar often applies more torque than the designer of the valve (or fastener) provided for in the design. In this case the cheater bar exerts torque outside the design operating envelope. In this case, it is a condition outside the design basis of the engineered component.

• The component needing the cheater bar for operation may be degraded or inoperable.

• The component needing the cheater bar may be in a condition in which it should not be operated, e.g., a valve under differential pressure will be difficult or impossible to open.

• A cheater bar is one example of a 'workaround.' A workaround is a situation in which a worker cannot perform the desired action in the manner intended in the design and must do something else in order to accomplish the task.

• Use of a cheater bar indicates that there is a condition adverseto quality (CAQ) in the component being worked. Using the cheater bar just gets around the CAQ; it does not correct it.

Industrial safety

problems

• Problems in using such bars include:

• If the component frees suddenly the worker can become a projectile that is propelled into whatever is in the "line-of-fire." This could (and has) resulted in falls, impacts, punctures, and other injuries.

• The cheater bar itself can become part of a de-facto catapult with the worker in the line-of-fire.[2]

• If the over-torquing results in the failure of any of the items in the jury rig the fragments can injure workers in the line-of-fire.[3]

• The use of the cheater bar can result in component damage that can, in turn, harm workers.[4]

Safety Culture

• When the use of cheater bars is "normal" it raises questions about the safety culture and the safety conscious work environment (SCWE).

• The safety culture issues include the extent to which this is an example of "normalizing deviance".

• When cheater bars have been used and the use has not been identified as a potential safety issue it raises other questions about the robustness of the safety culture.

• The use of cheater bars can be a tip-of-the-iceberg window into the safety culture of organizations that allow the use of cheater bars without procedures, controls, and training.

Tubing Cutters

• Mini cutters

• T20 & T23

• Quick Release Tubing Cutters

• Plastic Pipe Cutters

• Cutter Wheels

Mini Cutters

T20 & T23

Quick Release Tubing

Cutters

Plastic Pipe Cutters

Cutter Wheels

Cutter Wheels

Replacement

Cutter Wheels

Thank You

• Questions – ask at display

table

• Catalogs and product

information at table

• Reed Website

“reedmfgco.com”

Ratcheting Valve Keys

Valve Operator Kit

(05288)