OSHA Inspection: SUMMITVILLE TILES, INCORPORATED

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $1,980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1):     The railing did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail, and posts, and did not have a vertical height of 42 inches nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform, runway, or ramp level:    Line 1 additive platform , which is approximately 10 feet from floor level, did not have a midrail.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2):  The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:    The employer did not train employees on the use of portable fire extinguishers for those employees expected to fight incipient stage fires.    NOTE:  The employer may exercise one of the following options:    1)	Provide portable fire extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), meet the distribution requirements per 29 CFR 1910.157(d) (75 to the nearest extinguisher for Class A fires and 50 to the nearest extinguisher for Class B fires), and provide training and education for all employees in the use of such equipment and the hazards associated with incipient stage fire fighting as required in 29 CFR 1910.157(g).  The other sections of 29 CFR 1910.157 also apply.    2)	Provide extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c) (1), designate certain employees to be the only employees authorized to use such equipment and require all other employees to immediately evacuate upon the sounding of the fire alarm, establish this in writing in an emergency action plan as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.38(c) and train/educate designated employees per 1910.157(g).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from distribution requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157(d).    3)	  Establish a written fire safety policy which requires the immediate and total evacuation of employees from the workplace upon the sounding of a fire alarm signal.  This policy includes an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan as specified in 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and (b).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from the requirements of 1910.157 to include the need for providing portable fire equipment unless a specific standard requires that a portable fire extinguisher be provided (such as those requirements in 29 CFR 1910.106/107 relating to use/storage of flammable/combustible liquids).  If extinguishers are provided but not intended for employee use, 29 CFR 1910.157(a) and (f) are still applicable (inspection, maintenance and testing of equipment).

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $3,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):     One or more methods of machine guarding was 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:    The cutter, which runs automatically, did not have the knives adequately guarded.  The side guards did not prevent an employee from reaching over, under, around or through the guard.  Also, the front guard was not secured in place.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1):     Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    The conveyor for the scrap return, had an unguarded pulley approximately 5 inches from floor level.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,465 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):     Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:    The two trim grinders did not have the grinding wheel adjusted to within one-eighth of an inch while employees were required to dress the wheel and while trimming brick.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a):     The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.    The employer did not record the work related injury that happened on April 20, 2012, when an employee who was operating a trim grinder, received a four  finger amputation of their left hand.