OSHA Inspection: TALON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. PLANT #7

Issued

May 8, 1995

Abate by

May 11, 1995

Penalty

Initial $675 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
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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 concussion and severe contusion injuries while depriming
ammunition:
a.The following conditions contributed to the hazard:  (1) The ammunition
depriming presses' collective systems were altered with out prior approval
from
engineering, safety and production departments, (2) The supervisor that
altered
the depriming machines chutes failed to review and assure that the
alteration was
as safe as the engineering replaced, (3) Operators failed to follow work
instructions to check and clean depriming machines and their chutes, and to
empty primer collection container, (4) The supervisor failed to verify that
employees were following work instructions to check and clean depriming
machines and chutes, along with seeing that the collective system was not
overloaded with deprived primers.
A feasible and useful means of abatement is for the employees and
supervisors
to follow established work practices and rules set forth; no employee
whether
they be management or labor shall change engineering of equipment
manufactured
without approval by engineering, safety and production departments.