OSHA Inspection: WHEATON WORLDWIDE, INC.

Issued

1998-07-10 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $900.00 · Current $450.00 Reduced

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 hazards associated with moving parts:
a)  Ambeg #2 Glass Vile Machine - This machine was not provided with an
emergency
stopping device adjacent to the bottom chuck area where an operator
reaches in to
remove any glass which becomes caught.  On or about 5/7/98.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method for correcting this hazard is:
Replace the emergency stopping device.  This device should operate (as it
has
previously on this machine) in the same way it operates on the other Ambeg
glass
vile machines.
ABATEMENT NOTE:  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19, Abatement Verification,
the employer will provide abatement certification to the Area Director
within 13 calendar
days of the final abatement date of the violation.  Please send a
photograph showing the
emergency stopping device in place, and a written statement claiming that
this device is
operational.n

Issued

1998-07-10 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $675.00 · Current $337.00 Reduced

Issued

1998-07-10 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-08-05 00:00:00

Issued

1998-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-08-05 00:00:00