OSHA Inspection: DEPENDABLE REPAIR, INC.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

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

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 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 lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the grinders and lathes.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 had 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) the grinders and lathes.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.     WORKSHOP:  The employees, as authorized, affected and/or 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) the grinders and lathes.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i):  The powered industrial truck operators (PITs) were not trained and evaluted once in three years.    WORKSHOP:  The mployer had not evaluated the powered industrial truck (PIT) operators at least once every three years.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l).    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not maintained the certification of training for the powered industrial truck operator.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6): The employer did not ensure that all nameplates or markings were not maintained in a legible condition:    WORKSHOP:  The nameplate for the capacity rating of the Mitsubishi PIT was not legible.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(i)(1): Synthetic web sling(s) were not marked or coded to show rated capacities for each type of hitch and type of synthetic web material:    WORKSHOP:  The synthetic web sling was not marked with the rated capacity.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 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 rotating parts and in going nip points:    WORKSHOP:      1.  The top pulley and horizontal belt for the belt sander inclined, unknown identification was unguarded.    2.  The rotating chuck of the Moriseiki lathe was unguarded.    3.  The rotating chuck of the Summit lathe was unguarded chuck.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):   Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.    WORKSHOP:  The following abrasive grinders were not equipped with a work rest and/or not adjusted to one-eighth of an inch (1/8).    1.   The left abrasive wheel Baldor grinder/buffer  was not equiped with a with a tongue guard on the left    2.   The work rests of the Delta triple duty grinder ball were not adjusted.    3.   The right work rest of the Westinghouse grinder was not adjusted.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:    WORKSHOP:  The following grinders were not equipped with tongue guards and/or not adjusted to one-quarter of an inch (1/4).        1.  The left wheel of the Baldor grinder buffer  was  not equipped with a tongue guard.    2.  The tongue guards of the Delta triple duty grinder ball bearing were not adusted to one quarter of an inch.    3.   The right abrasive wheel of the Westinghouse grinder was not adjusted.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1860.00 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 had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) oils, greases, brake cleaner and welding gases.

Issued

2012-07-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer 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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not provide training and information to the employees on the hazard communication program for the employees required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to)oils, greases, brake cleaner and welding gases.