GERMANTOWN, WI —
OSHA Inspection: RHEOCAST COMPANY
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of RHEOCAST COMPANY in N114 W19250 CLINTON DRIVE, GERMANTOWN, WI 53022 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 103312641.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- RHEOCAST COMPANY
- Site address
- N114 W19250 CLINTON DRIVE
- City
- GERMANTOWN
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53022
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3364
- Employees
- 80
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1989
- Abate by
- Oct 7, 1989
- Penalty
- Initial $900 · Current $900
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) Employees was permitted to operate die casting machine HPN, serial number 68-289, model 600A, resulting in amputation of his left hand on July 21, 1989. The contributing factors were evidenced by the followingfindings: (1) Written safety rules and general instructions given to employee did not include propre procedures mandated by the employer to free stuck shot rods. (2) Employer, as referened in American National Standards Institute B152.1-1973 "Safety Requirements for the Construction, Care and Use of Die Casting Machines", Section 7.2, did not ensure that correct operational procedures are being followed, in that management and set-up personnel employ both the hand hold and tong method to position bar in die cavity when freeing a stuck shot rod. (3) Employee did not exhibit a trained response in following employer's methodology with regard to freeing a stuck shot rod. Feasible Abatement Methods 1) Incorporate safe work procedures into the written safety rules and instructions given to employees addressing specifically the method employees must follow in freeing up a stuck shot rod and the positive enforcement of said procedures. 2) Train management, set-up personnel and die cast machine operators to follow company policy in not violating procedural rules so that the improper example is not viewed and imitated by relatively new vulnerable employees.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $900.00
- — Z (S) $900.00
1910.178 L
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1989
- Abate by
- Sep 26, 1989
- Penalty
- Initial $800 · Current $200 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $200.00
- — Z (R) $800.00
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1989
- Abate by
- Oct 26, 1989
- Penalty
- Initial $800 · Current $200 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $200.00
- — Z (R) $800.00
1910.212 A03 II
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1989
- Abate by
- Aug 28, 1989
1910.1200 E01 I
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1989
- Abate by
- Sep 26, 1989
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 103312641.
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