CENTRAL FALLS, RI —
OSHA Inspection: VAC-FORMING UNLIMITED, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of VAC-FORMING UNLIMITED, INC. in 161 RAND STREET, CENTRAL FALLS, RI 02863 (NAICS 339999). OSHA activity number 335353595.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- VAC-FORMING UNLIMITED, INC.
- Site address
- 161 RAND STREET
- City
- CENTRAL FALLS
- State
- RI
- ZIP
- 02863
- Mailing
- 161 RAND STREET, CENTRAL FALLS, RI 02863
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 339999
- Employees
- 15
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2012
- Abate by
- Mar 4, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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: Establishment: On or about 06/19/2012, the employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections whereby employees were conducting maintenance and servicing on facility equipment and machinery.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2012
- Abate by
- Mar 4, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $2,200 Reduced
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: Production Floor: On or about 06/19/2012 one or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect the operator and other employees from injury on the APM vac-forming machines the following instances: (a) APM #6 - The door guard located on back portion of the machine is maintained in the open position during operation. (b) APM #6 - The knife section of the machine is not guarded. (c) APM #4 - The space about the fan mounted on the back portion of the machine was not adequately guarded.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2200
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.305 B01 II
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2012
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed: Production Floor: On or about 06/19/2012, the electrical outlet box mounted on the APM #6 machine did not have all unused openings effectively closed.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $1600
1904.4 A
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2012
- Abate by
- Dec 5, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · 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. Establishment: On or about 06/19/2012, 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 in the following instance: (a) On or about 06/18/2012, Machine Operator - An employee sustained a partial amputation to the right little finger from the APM #6 vacuum-forming machine whereby the employer did not record the injury on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $400
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 335353595.
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