OSHA Inspection: OWENS MACHINE AND TOOL

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 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:    On or about August 7, 2012 in the shop area, employees were exposed to the sudden and unexpected release of hazardous energy when a program was not established to train employees in the control of hazardous energy.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

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:    On or about August 7, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to the sudden and unexpected release of hazardous energy when Lockout/Tagout was not utilized while changing tools on lathes.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 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:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to ingoing nip points when there was no point of operation guarding in the following instances:    1) On the 24 inch National horizontal lathe.  2) On the 16 inch Lodge and Shipley horizontal lathe.  3) On the 20 inch Lodge and Shipley horizontal lathe.  4) On the 18 inch Monarch horizontal lathe.  5) On the 25 inch Sidney Machine and Tool horizontal lathe.  6) On the 14 inch Yamazaki Machine works horizontal lathe.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5):     Fan blade guards, where the periphery of the blades was less than seven feet above the floor or working level, had openings larger than one half inch:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to amputation hazards when the fan blades on two box fans were not guarded.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(b):     Machine(s) designed for fixed location(s) were not securely anchored to prevent walking or moving:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when the sander was not secured to the floor.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to struck-by and impalement hazards when the work rests on the bench grinder were not adjusted as required.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 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:      On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed struck-by and impalement hazards when the bench grinder tongue guards were not used.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 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):      On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to caught-in hazards when the the belts and pulleys on the NO. 31 Precision Lucas machins lathe were not guarded.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i):     Horizontal belts which had both runs seven feet or less from the floor level were not guarded with a guard that extended to at least fifteen inches above the belt:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to caught-in hazards when the the belts and pulleys on the NO. 31 Precision Lucas machins lathe were not guarded.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i):     Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxillary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substanially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to electrical shock/burns and electrocution hazards when the breaker box panels on the west wall had openings that were not effectively closed in the following instances:    1) MH1 panel which controls the lights.    2) MH3 panel which controls the overhead crane.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to chemicals whithout being provided training and information about the chemicals.

Issued

2013-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1):     All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:    On or about August 16, 2012 in the shop area employees were exposed to slip and trip hazards in the west shop area when isles and passageways were cluttered and obstructed.