OSHA Inspection: TECH MANUFACTURING, LLC

Issued

Apr 17, 2012

Abate by

Aug 23, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $1,488 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     Energy control program. The employer dd not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, 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 was not isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.    At the time of the inspection, the employer had not developed and implemented a written lockout program including machine specific procedures.

Issued

Apr 17, 2012

Abate by

May 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $1,488 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):     Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding was not 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.     At the time of the inspection, the unused portions of a vertical and horizontal bandsaw were not guarded to prevent exposure to rotating blades.

Issued

Apr 17, 2012

Abate by

May 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $1,488 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):     Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, were not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel.     At the time of the inspection, there were three grinders that were not equipped with safety guards as prescribed by this paragraph.

Issued

Apr 17, 2012

Abate by

May 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,190 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b):     Compressed air used for cleaning was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:     At the time of the inspection, air nozzles were used to clean metal parts with plant air that was not reguated to 30 psi.