CLEVELAND, OH ·
OSHA Inspection: ARGO-TECH CORP.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of ARGO-TECH CORP. in 23555 EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OH 44117 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 105931273.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- ARGO-TECH CORP.
- Site address
- 23555 EUCLID AVENUE
- City
- CLEVELAND
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44117
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3724
- Employees
- 1650
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1989
- Abate by
- Dec 11, 1989
- Penalty
- Initial $630 · Current $441 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees: Two maintenance men were installing new brushes in the motor of the Gidding-Ferris vertical turret lathe in Department 2-1 1322.10. When the brushes were installed one maintenance man pushed the jog button to rotate the fixture for the brushes to seat on the armature. This process being to slow the speed was turned up to full speed of 400 rmp. Only one pivot pin was holding the fixture to the table, no bolts were used. The employees were subjected to the hazard to the fixture being thrown from the base which could cause death by being struck by a flying fixture. Abate of the hazard can be accomplished by making sure that all the bolts necessary to hold the fixture to the base and locking out the equipment until the fixture is properly fastened to the base. This is to protect employees performing maintenance work. h
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $441.00
- · Z (S) $630.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 105931273.
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