OSHA Inspection: ATW AUTOMATION, INC.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(2):     The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses eye protection that provides side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects. Detachable side protectors (e.g. clip-on or slide-on side shields) meeting the pertinent requirements of this section are acceptable.    On or about August 8, 2012, in the Commerical Machine Department, an machinist employee was exposed to flying metal chips due to the lack of side protection on his safety glasses while drilling holes in a metal plate on a De Vlieg milling machine.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Dec 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i):     Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.    A specific energy control procedure for the Denso Machine, of which the Pole Core Station lift roller conveyor was a component, which included electrical and pneumatic energy sources, had not been developed nor implemented.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A):     Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.    The computer internet-based training which authorized employees received was inadequate in that the training did not address the specific energy control procedures from the machines and equipment in the facility and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Dec 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2):     Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(d)(3):     Surface condition. All contact surfaces of wheels, blotters and flanges shall be flat and free of foreign matter.    In the Fabrication Department in front of the Scotchman Chopsaw, an fabrication employee was exposed to a struck-by hazard from the grinding of nonferrous metal on the surface of a grinding wheel.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1):     Practices addressed in this standard. Employees shall be trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertain to their respective job assignments.    An employee who performs energized electrical work in the form of troubleshooting on facility and machine electrical circuits of 480 Volts AC and below had not been trained to know when and what to wear to protect themselves against electric shock and arc flash.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $25,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i):     The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.    Periodic inspections of the company's specific energy control procedures had not been conducted on at least an annual basis.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.137(b)(2)(viii):     Electrical protective equipment shall be subjected to periodic electrical tests. Test voltages and the maximum intervals between tests shall be in accordance with Table I-5 and Table I-6.    Insulated rubber gloves used by an maintenance employee had not been tested every 6 months to ensure their serviceability for use.