OSHA Inspection: HAYES ABRASIVES, INC.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Abate by

Mar 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    Employees were exposed to caught in hazards while conducting service work on machines such as but not limited to the calender roll machines.  The employer had not developed a Lockout/Tagout Program for their worksite that addresses  the development, documentation, and utilizing of procedures for the control of any potentially hazardous energy release from the machines.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Abate by

Mar 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing, or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:    Employees were exposed to caught in hazards while working around machines that are being serviced such as but not limited to the calender roll machines.  Standardized tags were not used when locks were applied to machines that were locked out to warn employees that the machine is locked out, that date when it was locked out and the identity of the person who locked the machine out.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):     The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).    The employer had not developed an Industrial Truck Training program for employees who operated the Hyster, model number C187V06340P Powered Industrial Vehicle.  Operators had not been trained to operate the forklift and then certified as to have completed the formal discussion and practical demonstration of operating the truck safely.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(i)(2):     Revolving surfaces of shaft coupling(s) were not covered by a safety sleeve:      Employees were exposed to rotating shaft coupling hazards at the south end of the production area.  The guard was missing for the shaft coupling  of the 50 HP Marathon electric motor, 1180 RPM, which drove the Western Gear Works for the Rubber City Machine.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(j)(2)(i):     All 15- and 20-ampere receptacles, attachment plugs and connectors were not constructed so that there were no exposed current-carrying parts except the prongs, blades, or pins:      Employees were exposed to electrical hazards on the west wall of the production area, northern end, where a faceplate was missing from the 110 volt electrical receptacle.   Current carrying parts located within the receptacle were exposed to contact.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i):     Portable cord and plug connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) were not visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage (such as pinched or crushed outer jacket):      Employees were exposed to electrical hazards due to the 110 volt flexible extension cord in the production area was damaged.  Its outer insulation missing for a section of the cord.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Abate by

Mar 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communicationprogram which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning,material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    Employer had not developed a written Hazard Communications Program for their worksite that addresses all the criteria described above, where chemicals such as but not limited to aluminum oxide, talc, and other chemicals are in use at the facility.   The program ensures employees protection from chemicals in the workplace and emergency procedures to be followed in case of a reaction to chemicals.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Abate by

Mar 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals intheir work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trainedabout is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability,carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety datasheets.    Employees had not received training that addresses all the criteria described above, where chemicals such as but not limited to aluminum oxide, talc, and other chemicals are in use at the facility.

Issued

Feb 16, 2012

Abate by

Mar 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1):     In every building or other structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial, orstorage purposes, the loads approved by the building official shall be marked on plates of approved design which shall be supplied and securelyaffixed by the owner of the building, or his duly authorized agent, in a conspicuous place in each space to which they relate. Such plates shall not be removed or defaced but, if lost, removed, or defaced, shall be replaced by the owner or his agent.    Employees were exposed to struck by hazards due to overloading the elevated storage area at the south end of the Production Area, Compound Mill Area.  The Load Rating was not being posted for the second floor area to inform employees of the limitations of the capacity of the floor.   Various materials were stored on that level.