OSHA Inspection: A B SEALER INC

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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.                      The company did not establish an energy control program for employees who operate, service and/or maintain equipment such as the manual lathe machine.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Each affected employee were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure.                      Employees operating the manual lathe machine were not provided energy control training prior to operating, servicing and/or maintaining the machinery.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not 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 did not ensure that employees operating fork lift trucks were competent on fork lift truck operation prior to operating it.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding were 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.                      Employees operating the lathe machine were exposed to rotating parts on the equipment.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program 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:                      Employers did not develop a written hazard communication program for employees who are working with and handling chemicals.