OSHA Inspection: AMERIFIX LLC

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 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 energing, 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:    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lo/to program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to)  panel saw, edger, and the CNC machine.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not established step-by-step written energy control procedures in the machine specific for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to)  panel saw, edger, and the CNC machine.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:    WORKSHOP: The employees, as affected and other types were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of energy sources (lockout/tagout) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) panel saw, edger, and the CNC machine.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not ensure through providing training and evaluation that the operators of the powered industrial truck (PIT) were comptent enough to operate the PIT safely at all times.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by saw blade:    WORKSHOP:  The guard of the saw blade of the Milwaukee 14 abrasive cut off machine was wedged back, exposing the saw blade.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings shall be provided with covers identified for the purpose. If metal covers are used, they shall be grounded. In completed installations, each outlet box shall have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy. Covers of outlet boxes having holes through which flexible cord pendants pass shall be provided with bushings designed for the purpose or shall have smooth, well-rounded surfaces on which the cords may bear.    WORKSHOP:  The electrical outlet used for the Hitacki C10FCH chop saw and the Sears Craftsman bandsaw was not equipped with a face plate.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:    WORKSHOP:  The electrical equipment, such as (but not limited to) outlets installed and used throughout the work area from where combustible wood dust was generated and accumulated, and the switches installed on woodworking machinery were neither approved nor intrinsically safe for the Class II Division 2 hazardous location.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not establish a written hazard communication program for the employees required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane and glue.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area and chemical-specific information was not always available through labels and material safety data sheets.    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not provide the hazard communication training and information to the employees on the hazard communication program required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to propane and glue.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not assessed the workplace to determine the necessitate and appropriate types of  personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    WORKSHOP: The employer did not provide the employees, who were wearing half facepiece filtering respirators on a voluntary basis with the Appendix D of OSHA respiratory protection standard.