OSHA Inspection: WARRICK'S HYDRAULICS, INC.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2):     Floor(s) of workroom(s) were not maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, a dry condition:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure floors of work rooms were maintained in a clean and dry condition exposing employees to slip and fall hazards in the following locations:    a) The drill room  b) The machine shop

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.101(b):     The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks were not in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in CFR 1910.6:      On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure the in plant handling and use of compressed gas cylinders was in accordance with the Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965 which is incorporated by reference, and requires cylinders to be firmly attached to stationary objects to prevent the cylinders from being knocked over by passing traffic causing struck by or fire and explosive hazards.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(i)(B):     Goggles or other suitable eye protection were not used during all gas welding or oxygen cutting operations:      On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not ensure goggles or other suitable eye protection was used during gas welding or oxygen cutting operations exposing the employees to ultra violet rays.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(3):     Employees exposed to the hazards created by welding, cutting, or brazing operations were not protected by personal protective equipment in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.132:      On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not ensure employees performing welding and cutting operations used the protective gloves required by the employer's hazard assessment, exposing employees to burn hazards.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii):     Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not provide flame proof screens or shields to protect employees adjacent to the welding area from flash burns.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 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 energizing, 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 September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulic's facility located in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures before employees performed servicing and maintenance on machinery exposing employees to caught in and electric shock hazards.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii):     The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not ensure employees completed training consisting of formal instruction, practical training, and evaluation, prior to operating powered industrial trucks exposing employees to struck by and crushing hazards.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii):     The point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not provide point of operation guarding exposing employees to caught in and amputation hazards in the following equipment:    a)	The NATCO drill at the south east corner of the drill room  b)	The HAAS SL30 CNC lathe   c)	The HAAS HL2 CNC lathe   d)	The ACRA CK-4HK milling machine  e)	The ACRA AM6V milling machine  f)	The DoALL band saw  g)	The JFMT engine lathe  h)	The Warner and Swasey lathe  i)               The engine lathe in the drill room.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(3):     Vertical or inclined shafting seven -7 feet or less from floor or working platform was not enclosed with stationary casing(s)    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure vertical shafting less than 7 feet above the floor was covered with stationary casing exposing employees to the hazards of being caught in the machine.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1):     Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was free of recognized hazard exposing employees to the hazards of electric shock in the following locations:    a) Wiring behind the NATCO drill in the south west corner of the drill room.  b) The engine lathe in the drill room.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(a)(1):     Conductors used as grounded conductors were not identifiable and distinguishable from all other conductors:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas. The employer did not ensure conductors used as grounds were identifiable and distinguishable from all other conductors exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2):     Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:    On or about September 5, 2012, and a times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure the disconnecting means for each circuit was legibly marked to indicate its purpose exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i):     Conductors entering cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not protected from abrasions:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, in the drill room of the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure that energized conductors entering junction boxes and fittings were protected from abrasion exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock in the following:    a)	The junction box mounted on the south wall of the drill room.  b)	Behind the NATCO drill located in the southwest corner of the drill room.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(iii):     Cable was not secured to the cabinet, cutout box, or meter socket enclosure:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure cables used to power equiment were secured to the cabinet exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii):     Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure that unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were closed exposing employees to the electric shock and fire hazards.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Mar 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A):     Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:    On or about September 5, 2012 and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure flexible cords and cables were not used as a substitute for fixed wiring of the structure exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock in the following:     a)	The engine lathe in the drill room.  b)	The Terry circle cutter  c)	The ACRA CK-4H milling machine  d)	The ACRA AM6V milling machine  e)	The JFMT lathe  f)	The Warner and Swasey No 5 lathe

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii):     Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:    On or about September 5, 2012 at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure flexible cords used to power the machines were continous lenghts without slices exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock in the following:    a)	The engine lathe in the drill room.  b)	The Terry circle cutter  c)	The ACRA CK-4HK milling machine  d)	The ACRA AM6V milling machine  e)	The JFMT lathe  f)	The Warner and Swasey No 5 lathe

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Mar 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii):     Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:    On or about September 5, 2012, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure that flexible cords supplying electrical power to the machines were connected to fittings with strain relief exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock in the following:    a)	The engine lathe in the drill room.  b)	The Terry circle cutter  c)	The ACRA CK-4HK milling machine  d)	The ACRA AM6V milling machine  e)	The JFMT lathe  f)	The Warner and Swasey No 5 lathe

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Mar 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 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 September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program. This resulted in employees being exposed to hazardous chemicals.

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Feb 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b):     Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas the employer did not ensure compressed air used for cleaning purposes was reduced to less than 30 p.s.i. exposing employees to the hazard of being struck by flying metal chips in the following:    a) NATCO drill  b) Drill room engine lathe  c) ACRA CK-4HK MILLING MACHINE  d) ACRA AM6V milling machine  e) DoALL bandsaw  f) JFMT lathe  g) HAAS TLZ lathe

Issued

Jan 18, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2):     Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:    On or about September 5, 2012, and at times prior thereto, at the Warrick's Hydraulics facility located in Benton, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was used in accordance with its listing and labeling exposing employees to the hazard of electric shock in the following locations:    a)	The overhead conduit and light fixtures in the drill room.  b)	The surge protector by the JFMT lathe.  c)	The surge protector by the HAAS CNC lathes.  d)	The fan in use by the HAAS TLZ lathe.