OSHA Inspection: ALOHA PRECAST INC.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2772.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1):     Open-sided floor(s) or platform(s) 4 feet or more above the adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings or the equivalent on all open sides:     In the following instances the openings or platforms were not guarded by a railing or a cover:    a)     Packer Head Machine - The two 18" diameter holes.   b)     Packer Head Machine - The open-sided area near the oil sight glass.   c)     Verti - Cast Area - The platform used by employees during the pouring of the vertical cement pipe.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2300.00 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:    At the Facility - The employer had not developed nor implemented an energy control program.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4):     Modifications and additions which affected capacity and safe operation were performed by the customer or user without manufacturers written approval, and the capacity, operation and maintenance instruction plates, tags or decals were not changed accordingly:    At the facility - Attachments were made in house for the Hyster 320 and for the Hyster 330 fork lift.  The manufacturer had not approved the attachment nor were the capacity tags/data plates changed.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii):     An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years:    At the Facility - The employer did not evaluate powered industrial vehicle operator's performance at least every three years.  The last performance evaluation had been conducted in April of 2007.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):     The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    At the Facility - The employer had not certified that each operator of fork lifts had been trained and their performance evaluated.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(3):     Unauthorized personnel were permitted to ride on powered industrial trucks:    At the Facility - An employee, not the operator,  was observed riding on the driver's side step of the Caterpillar 330 fork lift.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1828.00 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:    Conveyor for the batch plant - The tail roll of the rock and sand conveyor for the batch plant had an unguarded nip point.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3):     Provisions were not made to prevent woodworking machine(s) from automatically restarting upon restoration of power after power failure:    Catch Basin Department - The Rigid table saw was not equipped with a device to prevent restarting upon power restoration after a power failure.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1):     Gear(s) were not guarded by a complete enclosure or by one of the methods specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1)(ii) and (f)(1)(iii):    Batch Plant - The gear for the mixer for the batch plant was not guarded.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2300.00 Reduced

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:    Packer Head Machine - The compressed air used for cleaning the top of the packer head machine area was at line pressure, approximatley 90 p.s.i..

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1828.00 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:    Patching Area - Extension cords were being used to supply power to the patching area or department.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2772.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii):     Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:    Catch Basin Area - The flexible cord supplying power from the foot pedal to the steel bender machine was spliced in such a way that there were bare wires exposed.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:     Catch Basin Department - Strain relief was not provided on the cord which ran from the foot pedal to the steel bender machine.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):     The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:    At the Facility - The employer had no written certification that the workplace hazard assessment had been perfomred.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i):     Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose:    Packer Head Machine - A junction box and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C):     Flexible cords and cables were run through doorways, windows, or similar openings    Catch Basin Department - The power cord for the Miller Arc Welder was not protected from abrasion or damage at the point where it ran through an opening in a metal door.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    At the Facility - The employer did not have a written hazard communication program.