OSHA Inspection: TALON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Mar 13, 2002

Abate by

Mar 25, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,200

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 the risk of explosion of accumulations of
primers in a 30 caliber
de-primer machine:
a.An employee used a 30 caliber deprime machine to remove primers from 30
caliber ammunition.  The operating procedures formulated by the employer
could allow an accumulation of primers in the primer chute and on the floor
that was sufficient to cause bodily injury in the event of an explosion on
or
about 12/17/01.  An employee was seriously injured on 12/14/01 when this
machine exploded.
ABATEMENT NOTE:
Feasible forms of abatement include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Install a system to electronically detect when primers fail to progress
all the way to
the storage silo and stop the machine until the condition is corrected..
2. Install a monitoring system that will allow the operator to see the
chute and the
area behind and under the deprime machine at all times.
3. Institute a monitoring program that will not allow more than an
acceptable number
of  primers to accumulate in the chute or on the floor behind or under the
machine.te

Issued

Jan 24, 2002

Abate by

Mar 13, 2002

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $200 Reduced

Issued

Jan 24, 2002

Abate by

Feb 12, 2002

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish
employmnent 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 the risk of injuries
resulting from explosions while depriming ammunition:
a.30 caliber automated deprime machine - Supervisors failed to verify that
employees were
following work instructions to check and clean depriming machine and
chutes,
and to ascertain
that collection system was not overloaded with primers on or about
December 14, 2001.
ABATEMENT NOTE:
A general method of abatement includes, but is not limited to, the
following:
Establish regular supervisory checks of the operator and equipment to
include examiniation of the
machine for buildup of primers both in the chute and on the floor beneath
the machine.

Issued

Jan 24, 2002

Abate by

Mar 13, 2002

Penalty

Initial $200 · Current $100 Reduced

Issued

Jan 24, 2002

Abate by

Mar 13, 2002