OSHA Inspection: DE AMERTEK CORPORATION, INC.

Issued

2004-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1100.00 · Current $770.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish
a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were
likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were not protected
from automatic
restart of metal-cutting saws:
Machine Shop - the Shun Chiang vertical band saw did not have a provision
to prevent
automatic start-up in the event of a power outage (e.g.magnetic motor
restart).
ANSI B11.10-1990, Section 5.2.3.4 states that in the event of an
interruption in the
electrical power supply, the machine shall not restart automatically when
power is
restored. A feasible means of abatement would be to provide a magnetic
restarter or
similar device as required by ANSI B11.10-1990.
CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.