OSHA Inspection: JMS PRECISION, INC.

Issued

2009-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1250.00 · Current $625.00 Reduced

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 were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to:
(a) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Hwacheon HI-ELO21HS
CNC
lathe machine #41, serial #M058346D6K, where the lathe was not equipped
with a
functioning door interlock device exposing the employee to the potential
hazard of being
struck by parts expelled from the turning lathe or being caught in the
moving machinery
inside the turning lathe by opening the lathe door during the machine
operating cycle.
(b) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Hwacheon HI-ECO21HS
CNC
lathe machine #40, serial #M058346D6K B, where the lathe was not equipped
with a
functioning door interlock device exposing the employee to the potential
hazard of being
struck by parts expelled from the turning lathe or being caught in the
moving machinery
inside the turning lathe by opening the lathe door during the machine
operating cycle.
(c) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Mori Seki SL-20 CNC
lathe
machine #45 where the lathe was not equipped with a functioning door
interlock device
exposing the employee to the potential hazard of being struck by parts
expelled from the
turning lathe or being caught in the moving machinery inside the turning
lathe by opening
the lathe door during the machine operating cycle.
(d) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Mori Seki SL-20 CNC
lathe
machine #44 where the lathe was not equipped with a functioning door
interlock device
exposing the employee to the potential hazard of being struck by parts
expelled from the
turning lathe or being caught in the moving machinery inside the turning
lathe by opening
the lathe door during the machine operating cycle.
(e) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Hwacheon HI-ECO31A
A CNC
lathe machine #39, serial #M0573460B2L-B, where the lathe was not equipped
with a
functioning door interlock device exposing the employee to the potential
hazard of being
struck by parts expelled from the turning lathe or being caught in the
moving machinery
inside the turning lathe by opening the lathe door during the machine
operating cycle.
(f) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Mori Seki SL-25Y
CNC lathe
machine #38, serial #159, where the lathe was not equipped with a
functioning door
interlock device exposing the employee to the potential hazard of being
struck by parts
expelled from the turning lathe or being caught in the moving machinery
inside the
turning lathe by opening the lathe door during the machine operating cycle.
(g) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Mori Seki SL-25Y
CNC lathe
machine #43, serial #1294, where the lathe was not equipped with a
functioning door
interlock device exposing the employee to the potential hazard of being
struck by parts
expelled from the turning lathe or being caught in the moving machinery
inside the
turning lathe by opening the lathe door during the machine operating
cycle.(h) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Fadal machine
center machine
#53, serial #012001062518, where the machine center was not equipped with a
functioning door interlock device exposing the employee to the potential
hazard of being
struck by parts expelled from the machine center or being caught in the
moving
machinery inside the machine center by opening the machine center door
during the
machine operating cycle.
(i) In the machine shop for the employee operating the Doosan Diamond
Series
DMV
4020 machine center, serial #AV5E 2443, where the machine center was not
equipped
with a functioning door interlock device exposing the employee to the
potential hazard
of being struck by parts expelled from the machine center or being caught
in the moving
machinery inside the machine center by opening the machine center door
during the
machine operating cycle.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to install a door interlock device on the CNC lathes and machine centers
as required by ANSI
B11.2-2002 Safety Requirements for Turning Centers Automatic Numerically
Controlled Turning
Machines, paragraphs 6.21 Safeguarding and 6.21.1.2 Automatic Mode which
states:
1. Paragraph 6.21: Machines shall be safeguarded wherever practical by
fixed or
interlocked moveable guards:
2. Paragraph 6.21.1.2: Machine operation shall only be possible when the
guards are
closed and the safeguarding (protective) devices are active.  If it is
possible, in this
mode, to open an interlocked moveable guard, the hazardous movement shall
cease and
be inhibited.
Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see
enclosed "Sample
Abatement Certification Letter").tion