OSHA Inspection: BEACH MANUFACTURING CO.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Nov 7, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):  Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy controlprocedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine orequipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall beisolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.    (a)  There was no program on machine specific energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Oct 27, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):    (a)  Employees changed dies and cleaned around and between the dies while they were in the presses, without first isolating the energy sources.    (b)  Employees performed mold changes, and cleaned the molds, without first isolating the energy sources.    (c)  Employees cleaned the CNC tube benders and replaced the clamps on the tube benders, without first isolating the energy sources.    (d)  Employees changed the blade on the vertical band saw, without first isolating the energy sources.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Oct 27, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:    (a)  Employees changed dies and cleaned around and between the dies while they were in the presses, without first affixing a lockout device to the energy isolating devices.    (b)  Employees performed mold changes, and cleaned the molds, without first affixing a lockout device to the energy isolating devices.    (c)  Employees cleaned the CNC tube benders and replaced the clamps on the tube benders, without first affixing a lockout device to the energy isolating devices.    (d)  Employees changed the blade on the vertical band saw, without first affixing a lockout device to the energy isolating devices.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Oct 27, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i):  Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware shall be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:    (a)  Employees operating the mechanical power presses were not provided with locks or tags to attach to energy isolating devices, prior to performing die changes, adjusting the fixtures in the press, and wiping down the dies.    (b)  Employees operating the CNC tube benders were not provided with locks or tags to attach to energy isolating devices, prior to cleaning the tube benders or replacing the clamps.    (c)  Employees maintaining the injection molding machines were not provided with locks or tags to attach to energy isolating devices prior to changing the molds or wiping down the molds at the end of the shift.    (d)  Employees operating the vertical band saw in the Department Four were not provided with locks or tags to attach to energy isolating devices prior to changing the saw blade.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Dec 2, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):  Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.    (a)  Employees operating the CNC tube benders, were exposed to pinch points created by the opening and closing clamps and collets, as well as being exposed to the moving carriage.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Jan 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(3)(vii)(d): Two hand controls shall be fixed in position so that only a supervisor or safety engineer is capable of relocating the controls:    (a)  The two hand controls on the Niagara Partial Revolution Press #804, Niagara Partial Revolution Press #690, Johnson Partial Revolution Press #538, Bliss Partial Revolution Press #799, and the Perkins Partial Revolution Press #537, were not fixed in position.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Jan 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(i):  It shall be the responsibility of the employer to establish and follow a program of periodic and regular inspections of his power presses to ensure that all their parts, auxiliary equipment, and safeguards are in a safe operating condition and adjustment. The employer shall maintain a certification record of inspections which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the power press that was inspected:    (a)  The periodic inspections of the mechanical power presses were incomplete, in that they did not include checking the safety distance between the palm buttons and the closest pinch point and, in the case of the Niagara Partial Revolution Press #692, did not include checking the safety distance between the light curtain and the closest pinch point.

Issued

Oct 5, 2011

Abate by

Mar 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(5)(i):  The employer shall use a control system and a brake monitor which comply with paragraphs (b)(13) and (14) of this section:    (a) The Niagara Partial Revolution Press #804, Niagara Partial Revolution Press #690, Niagara Partial Revolution Press #692, Johnson Partial Revolution Press #538, Bliss Partial Revolution Press #799, and the Perkins Partial Revolution Press #537 did not have a brake monitor to protect employees who were placing and removing parts from between the dies.