OSHA Inspection: N.R. INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Apr 20, 1989

Abate by

May 23, 1989

Penalty

Initial $640 · Current $640

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment 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:
a) On or about 3/21/89, maintenance and operating personnel were not
protected from unanticipated machine movement when cleaning,
adjusting and maintaining machinery, such as removing the striker
plate on the Preco Model 2430 DDC SN#1030 Die Cutting machine in
die/cutting department.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct these hazards is to establish an adequate Lockout/Tagout of
Energy Sources in accordance with ANSI Z244.1-1982 "American National
Standards for Personnel Protection, Lockout/Tagout of EnergySources,
Minimum Safety Requirements."  Essential elements of this lockout/tagout
procedure would include:
1) Secure and maintain current operations and maintenance manuals on all
machines to be serviced. Assure provision of appropriate manuals and/
or information contained to affected workers before work is begun.
2) Analyze all machines and determine the electrical, mechanical and nip
point hazards which are present. Establish and document the procedure
which will be used in performing maintenance of machines.
3) Establish and use a documented work order system for machine
maintenance and repairs.  Document repair made, both preventive and
breakage, and use the information to improve preventive maintenance,
reduce costs, increase on line time, and reduce worker injuries.
4) Ensure that all disconnects, switches, circuits breakers, valves,
solenoids and other energy controlling devices are correctly
identified and labeled regarding their function. Where alternate or
multiple energy routes to equipment are present, energy controlling
devices within such routes shall be so marked.
5) The start of work, switch off and use a worker individual lock on the
electric control switch to prevent re-energizing the machine. After
switch off, assure that the electric circuits are proven de-
energized, and a unique situation information tag shall be attached
to the lock machine energizing control. This lock provision shall not
be required where the worker by his immediate proximity (within
reach) prevents inadvertent switch on by others.
6) All fluid energy power sources which can produce movements of machine
member shall be locked off. Pressurized fluids (air or liquid) shall
be closed off from the machine through the use of shut-off valves,
and the supply lices toward the machine reduced to pressure to
atmospheric or the machine blocked against possible movement. All
pressure-fluid accumulators and air surge tanks within the machine
shall be reduced to atmospheric pressure of the machine blocked
against possible movement.
7) All mechanical gravity fall potential energy within the machine shall
be reduced to zero, or as nearly so as possible, by lowering elevated
machine part to the floor, solid surfaces or by cribbing and blocking
them to prevent the machine parts from failing.
8) All mechanical kinetic rotating machine energy within the machine
shall be reduced to zero, or as nearly so as possible, by slowing the
rotating parts to a stop. In the alternate, the worker shall be
guarded from the rotating parts, arms, knives, etc., shall be blocked
or secured to prevent possible injury to workers.
9) Necessary work on the machine shall be performed.  Upon completing,
all guards, the offs, valves, cribbing and blockages shall be removed
from the machine in a manner to prevent worker injuries. The machine
shall be re-energized and run experimentally after ensuring that no
employees are exposed to hazards associated with a test run. The full
functional machine shall be formally returned to service and the
work order.
The employer shall formally document his safe machine maintenance
program.  He shall develop a training program to instruct affected
maintenance and operations workers and management.  The training shall
be repeated as frequently as is necessary to maintain management and
worker proficiency and compliance with the procedure.

Issued

Apr 20, 1989

Abate by

May 3, 1989

Penalty

Initial $160 · Current $160