OSHA Inspection: PARTYLITE WORLDWIDE, INC.

Issued

2006-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1050.00 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 upon restoration of power after an
interruption in power.
Maintenance Shop.  The Jet horizontal bandsaw was not equipped with an
anti-automatic
restart device to prevent the automatic restart of the saw upon the
restoration of power
after a power failure/interruption.
One feasible means of abatement would be to comply with the American
National
Standards Institute, Inc. standard, ANSI B11.20-2003 "Safety Requirements
for Metal
Sawing Machines", Sections 6.7 and 6.11
and/or
ANSI/NFPA 79-2002 "Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery", Section
7.5.
There is no abatement certification or documentation required for this
item.

Issued

2006-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1050.00 Reduced

Issued

2006-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1125.00 · Current $788.00 Reduced

Issued

2006-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-06-02 00:00:00