OSHA Inspection: MICROBEST, INC.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,200 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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not conducted an annual and/or periodic reviews of the hazardous energy control procedures to ensure that appropriate procedures and requirements were followed at all times during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the swiss machines, machining centers, and milling machinery.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.    WORKSHOP:  The ingoing nip points, rotating parts and saw blade of the following equipment were unguarded:    A.  Bolt & Carrier Dept : The right fiber wheel, unknown identification.    B.  Swiss Machine Department: The chuck of the Southbend lathe.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.      C. Secondary Department: The ingoing nip point, created by the horizontal belt and pulleys of the vertical belt sander unknown identification.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.      D. First Floor: The buffing whee, unknown identification.       E. Tool Room: The ingoing nip point, created by the belt and the bottom pulley of a belt sander, unknown identification.     F. Sawing Department/Second Floor: The left unused portion of the blade of the Amada horizontal bandsaw.     ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2): Guard design. The safety guard shall cover the spindle end, nut, and flange projections. The safety guard shall be mounted so as to maintain proper alignment with the wheel, and the strength of the fastenings shall exceed the strength of the guard, except:    A.  Swiss Department: The flange, spindle, and end nut of the Boyar Schultz surface grinder were unguarded.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.      B. Tool Room:        1.  The flange and end nut of the Brown & sharpe 612 surface grinder were unguarded.      2.  The flange and end nut of the surface grinder, unknown indentification by DoAll Co., were unguarded.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.    A.  Bolt & Carrier Department :       1.  The horizontal shaft of the buffer wheel, unknown identification was unguarded.       2.  The horizontal shaft of the fiber wheel, unknown identification was unguarded.    B. Milling Dept/Bolt Carrier Department: The three (3) horizontal shafts of the buffer wheels, unknown identification were unguarded.    C. First Floor: The horizontal shaft of the Cincinnati Rise Fall was unguarded.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one-half the diameter of the shaft:     WORKSHOP:  The ishaft ends of the following equipment were unguarded:    A. Bolt & Carrier Dept : The end nut of the right buffer, unknown identification.     B. Milling Dept/Bolt Carrier Dept :         1.The left end nut of the buffer wheel, unknown identification.         2.The right end nut of the buffer wheel, unknown identification.         3. The right end nut of the buffer wheel, unknown identification.    C. First Floor: The shaft end and nut of a buffing machine, unknown identification.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $22,000 · Current $11,000 Reduced

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.     WORKSHOP:  The employer's hazardous energy control lockout/tagout procedures were generic and not written step-by-step in the machine specific for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) Screw Machines, Milling Machines, Turning Machines and Milling Machines.	    Microbest, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection 311473219, Citation 01,  Item 004, issued on 05-05-2008 with a final order date of May 28-2008 for a location at 670 Captain Neville Drive, Waterbury, CT, 06705.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $22,000 · Current $11,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)    WORKSHOP: The tongue guards  of following abrasive grinders were not adjusted to one quarter of an inch (1/4).  	  A.  Swiss Department:        1.  The left tongue guard of the Herrick abrasive grinder.         2.  The right tongue guard of the DeWalt DW758,     B.  Tool Room: Both tongues of the DeWalt abrasive grinder were not maintained.    Microbest, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9), which was contained in OSHA inspection 311473219, Citation 01,  Item 003b, issued on 05-05-2008 with a final order date of May 28-2008 for a location at 670 Captain Neville Drive, Waterbury, CT, 06705.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Jan 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,100 · Current $550 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1):  The OSHA 300 log of work-related injuries and illnesses, 300A summaries, and first report of injuries were not completed in detail.    ESTABLISHMENT:  The OSHA 300 log of work-related injuries and illnesses for the 2012 year were not completed in detail as followed:    1.  Cases numbered 13-12, 14-12, 15-12, 16-12, 17-12, 18-12, 19-12, and 20-12, column (F) did not describe the object/substance that directly injured or made the employee ill.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):     WORKSHOP:  The employer had not assessed the workplace to determine the necessitate and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees.

Issued

Jan 3, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.    WORKSHOP:  The left front light of the Komatsu 15 was not operable.