OSHA Inspection: VENTURE HOLDINGS CORP. DBA VENTURE SEABROOK

Issued

Apr 10, 2003

Abate by

May 14, 2003

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

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 was 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 hazards of being crushed:
a.Molding Department - The employer did not develop, implement and instruct
employees in adequate procedures to prevent mold slippage for horizontal
injection mold machines, nor provide for periodic and regular inspections
to
ensure proper mold attachment.
ABATEMENT NOTE:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable means of abatement would
be to follow the
guidelines in ANSI/SPI (American National Standard Institute) B151.1-1997:
Horizontal
Injection Molding Machines - Safety Requirements for Manufacture, Care,
and Use.
Adequate procedures to ensure mold slippage does not occur include but are
not limited to:
1.Develop, implement and instruct employees on adequate criteria and
procedures to
determine the minimum number of clamps, appropriate bolt tightness and
clamp assembly
installation procedures.
2.Develop, implement and instruct employees on adequate criteria and
procedures to
identify and remove damaged equipment and tools such as but not limited to
clamps,
washers, bolts, platens, air impact wrenches, torque wrenches and
universal swivel
sockets.
3.Conduct an analysis and develop procedures to assure safe matching of
molds and
platens.
4.Develop, implement and instruct employees on adequate procedures so that
clamps are
installed to prevent the mold from falling out from between the upper and
lower clamps.
5.Develop, implement and instruct employees on adequate procedures and
implementation
of mold blocking to prevent slippage.
6.Develop, implement and instruct employees on the adequate procedures for
cleaning the
horizontal injection mold machine platen and mold back plate.
7.Conduct a periodic inspection and evaluation of clamp installation for
securing molds to
horizontal injection mold machines.