OSHA Inspection: LIST INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,366 · Current $3,366

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 the cutting blade:    On or about 08/22/12, at Maintenance area, the cutting blade was not guarded on the band saw RF10188.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,366 · Current $3,366

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:     On or about 08/21/12, at the maintenance department, the tongue guard was not provided on the jet pedestal grinder.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,366 · Current $3,366

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 08/22/12, at the maintenance department, the horizontal belts were not guarded in power transmition machine Bridgeport Milling Mod # 115562.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,060 · Current $3,060

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one half hour:    On or about 08/22/12, at the maintenance area, there were oxygen and acetylene cylinders stored together.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,060 · Current $3,060

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinder is designed to accept a cap, shall always be in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders are in use or connected for use.      On or about 8/22/2012, at the maintenance area, one acetylene cylinder was stored without a valve cap outside the building.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Abate by

Oct 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:      On or about 08/21/2012,  It was determined that the employer did not developed and implemented an effective written hazard communication program in a facility where employeesd were exposed to hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to oxygen, acetylene, and Powdura Hybrid Power Coating, Renolin AW 68-55GL.