OSHA Inspection: FILTRATION INC.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Jul 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.36(b)(1):    Building(s) or structure(s) designed for human occupancy were not provided with exits sufficient to permit the prompt escape of occupants in case of fire or other emergency:      At the worksite, on May 1, 2012, the rear gate was locked with a padlock.  This condition exposed employees to fire and entrapment.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control   procedure and employee training to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or   maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of   stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and   rendered inoperative in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4):        At the worksite, on May 1, 2012, the employer had not developed a lock-out/tag-out program for the facility.  This condition exposed employees to electrical shock, stuck-by hazards, and caught-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Jul 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2):     Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not provided with safety guard(s) which covered the spindle end, nut, flange projections:    At the worksite, on May 1, 2012, the spindle end guard had been removed from the Delta model number GR450, serial number 200736xl bench grinder.  This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Jul 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):     Grinding machinery was not used with work rest(s) to support offhand grinding work:    At the worksite, on May 1, 2012, the left and right abrasive wheels for the Delta model number GR450 serial number 200736xl grinder where not equipped with work rests.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Jul 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):     Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:    At the worksite, on May 1, 2012, the left and right tongue guards for the Delta model number GR450, serial number 200736xl had been removed.  This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Jul 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(b)(1):     Flywheel(s) with parts seven feet or less above floor(s) or platform(s) were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(b)(1)(i) through (b)(1)(iv)    At the worksite, on May 1, 2012, the flywheels for spindle machines H3 and H4 were left unprotected.  This condition exposed employees to caught-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 10, 2012

Abate by

Aug 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3):     Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    On May 1, 2012, the drive chains were left uncovered for the following spindle machines:    (a)A1 through A6  (b)B1 through B6  (c)C1 throughC5  (d)D1 through D5  (e)E1 through E5  (f)F1 through F4  (g)H1 through H12  (h)J1 through J3