OSHA Inspection: SHEYENNE TOOLING & MANUFACTURING

Issued

Mar 11, 2009

Abate by

Apr 30, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,250 · Current $625 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 being struck by flying parts expelled from the machine or
being caught in the
rotating parts during the operating cycle:
(a)  For the employees operating the Mori Seiki Numerical Control lathe,
Model SL-
25B5, Serial #2969, without a functioning door interlock device, in the
machine
shop of
Sheyenne Tooling & Manufacturing, located at 701 Lenham Avenue SW,
Cooperstown,
North Dakota.
(b)  For the employees operating the Mori Seiki Numerical Control lathe,
Model SL-
25B5, Serial #5106, without a functioning door interlock device, in the
machine shop of
Sheyenne Tooling & Manufacturing, located at 701 Lenham Avenue SW,
Cooperstown,
North Dakota.
(c)  For the employees operating the Mori Seiki CNC lathe, Model HT-20,
Serial
#HT22218SC, with the door interlock device bypassed, in the machine shop
of Sheyenne
Tooling & Manufacturing, located at 701 Lenham Avenue SW, Cooperstown,
North
Dakota.
(d)  For the employees operating the Shizuoka CNC vertical mill, with the
door interlock
device bypassed, in the machine shop of Sheyenne Tooling & Manufacturing,
located at
701 Lenham Avenue SW, Cooperstown, North Dakota.
Abatement Note:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to follow the requirements of ANSI B11.22-2002, American
National Standards
Institute - Safety Requirements for Turning Centers and Automatic,
Numerically
Controlled Turning Machines which includes, among other requirements, the
following:
1.  Paragraph 6.21: Machines shall be safeguarded whenever practicable by
fixed or
interlocked moveable guards.
2.  Paragraph 6.21.1.1: Measures to minimize possible defeat of
interlocking shall be
taken.
3.  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 movements shall
cease and
be inhibited.
Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see
enclosed "Sample
Abatement Certification Letter").tion

Issued

Mar 11, 2009

Abate by

Mar 30, 2009

Penalty

Initial $500

Issued

Mar 11, 2009

Abate by

Mar 30, 2009