BLOSSBURG, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: WARD MANUFACTURING LLC
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of WARD MANUFACTURING LLC in 105 TABOR ST, BLOSSBURG, PA 16912 (NAICS 332111). OSHA activity number 334556131.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- WARD MANUFACTURING LLC
- Site address
- 105 TABOR ST
- City
- BLOSSBURG
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16912
- Mailing
- 117 GULICK STREET, BLOSSBURG, PA 16912
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 332111
- Employees
- 170
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.212 A03 III
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2012
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii): The employer who had a machine covered by this standard did not provide special handtools for placing and removing material so as to permit easy handling of material without the need for the operator to place a hand in the danger zone: a) Core Room, SPH 40-2 Core Shooter: The employer failed to provide special tools to SPH-40-2 Core Shooter operators to permit easy handling when blowing sand off the cope, clearing blocked blow tubes and blow out burners without requiring the operator to place his hand or body part in the danger zone. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $7000
- · C (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.147 C04 II
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2012
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance: a) Core Room: The employer's lockout procedure for the SPH 40-2 core shooter machine did not specifically and clearly outline when energy control procedures were required to be implemented, on or about June 5, 2012. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2012
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $6,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): 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: a) Core Room, SCB core machine #10: A worker was exposed to a struck-by/ pinch point hazard from the conveyor on an SCB core machine, on or about July 25, 2012. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $6000
- · Z (S) $6000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 334556131.
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