OSHA Inspection: SNC MANUFACTURING DBA AURORA INDUSTRIES INC

Issued

Aug 3, 2007

Abate by

Aug 29, 2007

Penalty

Initial $1,400 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to employees in
that employees were
exposed to:
Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico:
El patrono no
proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten
causando o que
puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados
estaban expuestos
a:
A.  Receive injuries in that at the time of inspection at the
establishment Aurora
Industries, main building, southwest,. hot strip cutters and cloth eyelet
hot protruding pin
equipment section, where the employees performed cutting and fabrics
eyelets
holes
operations with hot metal equipment model HC720A, serial 14477, trademark
ACE;
model NC780/PCSM, serial NOS-051105; model NC720 WP, serial 13883 and home
made hot knife strip cutters (no model or serial); did not comply with all
the occupational
safety and health regulations issued pursuant to this act in that
employees were exposed
to combustion fumes generated from applying heat to chemically pretreated
fabrics.
Hazard and/or illnesses such as but not limited to respiratory problems,
skin, and eyes
irritations were present due to:
1. Lack of an effective local exhaust ventilation of excessive combustion
fumes generated
by the heating action when applying a hot metal to a chemically pretreated
fabrics. The
fumes where positive at site for Ethilene oxide, Formaldehyde, Ammonia and
Acetic/Formic acid.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptabble abatement method to
correct these
hazards is to:
a.Installed an effective and certified powered local exhaust ventilation
system
covering each heating equipment where combustion fumes are generated due to
the action of applying heat and the fumes are in the range distance of the
operators face.
a. Recibir lesiones en que al momento de la inspeccion en el
establecimiento Aurora
Industries, edificio principal,suroeste. Seccion de cotadores calientes de
bandas y equipo
hacer ojal con punzon saliente caliente, donde empleados realizaron
operaciones de cortar
y hacer agujeros de ojal con equipo de metal caliente model HC720A, serial
14477,
marca ACE; modelo NC780/PCSM, serial NOS-051105; modelo NC720 WP, serial
13883 y cortadoras de tira casera (no modelo ni serie); no cumplio con
todas los
regulaciones de seguridad y salud emitidas de acuerdo a esta ley; en que
los empleados
estaban expuestos gases de combustion generados de la aplicacion de calor
a tela
quimicamente pretratada. Riesgos y/o enfermedades tales como pero no
limitados a
problemas respiratorios, irritaciones de piel, y ojos se presentaron
debido a:   1. Ausencia de ventilacion de extraccion local efectiva de
gases de conbustion excesivos,
generados por la accion de aplicar metal caliente a tela quimicamente pre.
Los gases
resultaron positivos en sitio para Oxido de Etileno, Formaldehido, Amonia
y acido
acetivo/formicos.
Entre otros metodos, un metodo aceptable y factibel para corregir este
riesgos es:
a. Instalar un sistema de ventilacion de extraccion local efectiva y
certificada que cubra
cada equipo donde gases de combustion son generados debido a la accion de
aplicar calor
y los gases esta dentro de la distancia de alcance a la cara del operador.

Issued

Aug 3, 2007

Abate by

Aug 13, 2007

Issued

Aug 3, 2007

Abate by

Sep 28, 2007

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $350 Reduced