OSHA Inspection: L & M FABRICATION AND MACHINE, INC.

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Nov 26, 2000

Penalty

Initial $875

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:
a) Plant No. 1 - Back Bay - Accurpress hydraulic press brake.  Machine
#740012.
Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The
certification shall include a
statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and
states employees and their
representatives were informed of this abatement.
ABATEMENT NOTE:  A Safe Distance Safeguarding Program shall consist of the
following elements:
1. Exposure Prevention Procedures -  which include provisions for
maintaining safe distances (such as the use of
material positioning gages) must be developed and documented.  The minimum
safe distance an employees hand can
be to the point of operation is 4 inches.
2. Training - Employees must be trained to follow the Exposure Prevention
Procedures developed and include at least
the following:
a. The need for a safety oriented working relationship between the power
press brake operator and, when
required, his or her helper.
b. The function and purpose of operating controls; operating mode
controls; die space height adjustment
positions; and other brake controls.
c. The hazards of placing any parts of the body within the point of
operation.
d. The hazards and potential exposure related to each specific piece part
bending operation particularly with
respect to the piece part itself (for example, whipping) and to tooling
(including loading and unloading).
e. The function and purpose of hand-feeding tools.
f. The dangers of unsafe work practices, inattention, horseplay, and
misuse of equipment.
g. The necessity and importance of reporting immediately to the supervisor
any condition concerning the
power press brake and its operation that may effect the safety of an
employee.
3. Retraining - must be conducted whenever a periodic inspection (See item
5) reveals, or whenever the employer has
reason to believe, that there are deviations from or inadequacies in an
employee's knowledge or use of exposure
prevention procedures or other work practices required to operate the
power press brake safely.  This retraining must
introduce new or revised control methods or procedures, as necessary, and
must reestablish employee proficiency to
operate the power press brake safely.
4. Supervision - The employer must ensure, through effective supervision
that power press brakes are operated only
by trained employees and must enforce the work practices on which power
press brake operator training is based.
5. Periodic Inspection - Must be conducted of the safe distance exposure
prevention procedures at least annually to
ensure that these procedures and other provisions of the program are being
followed.s

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Nov 13, 2000

Penalty

Initial $875 · Current $437 Reduced

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Oct 24, 2000

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Nov 13, 2000

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $350 Reduced

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Oct 24, 2000

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Oct 24, 2000

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Oct 24, 2000

Penalty

Initial $446 · Current $223 Reduced

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Nov 27, 2000

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Nov 27, 2000

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Jan 31, 2001

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Nov 13, 2000

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Oct 24, 2000

Issued

Oct 24, 2000

Abate by

Oct 24, 2000