OSHA Inspection: FORREST MACHINE PRODUCTS CO. LTD.

Issued

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 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:    a)  Forrest Machine Products, Inc. located on 139 South Illinois Avenue in Mansfield, Ohio: On or about January 9, 2013, the employer failed to develop and implement an energy control plan along with procedures and training to protect employees from injuries while they engaged in servicing and maintenance activities on equipment such as, but not limited to, the Doosan Turning Center.

Issued

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 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:    a) Forrest Machine Products, Inc. located on 139 South Illinois Avenue in Mansfield, Ohio: On or about January 9, 2013, the employer failed to properly guard several Brown & Sharp screw machines and prevent caught-in hazards created by the rotating drive shaft hand wheel.

Issued

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(4): Vertical belts. Vertical belts running over a lower pulley more than seven (7) feet above floor or platform shall be guarded at the bottom in the same manner as horizontal overhead belts, if conditions are as stated in paragraphs (e)(2)(ii) (a) and (c) of this section.    a) Forrest Machine Products, Inc. located on 139 South Illinois Avenue in Mansfield, Ohio: On or about Jan 9, 2013, the employer did not fully guard vertical belts on the several Brown & Sharp screw machines and exposed an employee a rotating vertical drive belt.