OSHA Inspection: DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION

Issued

Feb 7, 2007

Abate by

Feb 26, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,125

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 exposed to
laceration and
amputation hazards from the automatic restart of a metal-cutting saws upon
restoration of power
after an interruption in power:
Maintenance Shop.  The Rong Fu (1988.6) vertical/horizontal bandsaw used
for cutting
metal and plastic 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.
Some feasible means of abatement would be to comply with:
a)The American National Standards Institute, Inc., ANSI B11.20-2003
Standard
"Safety Requirements for Metal Sawing Machines", Sections 6.7 and 6.11
b)The National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 79 Standard-2002
"Electrical
Standard for Industrial Machinery", Section 7.5.3.
Abatement certification is required of this item in accordance with the
requirements of
29 CFR 1903.19(c).s