OSHA Inspection: F&B RUBBERIZED, INCORPORATED

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

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:    Worksite:              The employer did not maintain a written lockout tagout program. Conveyors, hydraulic presses, and lathes were used.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):     Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.    Worksite:                       The employer did not maintain a written record of the safety training of forklift operators.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(1):     Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not used with safety guard:    Wearpad Dept.:                  A bench grinder did not have a hood guard.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $1,320

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:    Worksite:               The employer did not develop a written hazard communication program. Welders and torches and oil and coolants and hydraulic fluid are used.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1):     Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:Note:      Shredder Line:              The guardrail at the landing for the shredder ladder was not high enough and the landing was not fully planked. A guardrail was not provided at the inboard side to prevent a worker from falling into the shredder.     The F&B RUBBERIZED iNC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1910. 23(C)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 312102619 CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM 1, ISSUED ON 4-15-09 WITH A FINAL ORDER DATE OF MAY 8, 2009.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $4,400

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:    Press Room:            The motor coupling and shaft of the mid OTR cutter were not guarded.       Yard:             Conveyor belt and roll pinchpoints of the shredder conveyor were not guarded.    Wear Pad Building:    1)       The rotating chucks of two lathes were not guarded.     2)        The chuck keys of two lathes did not have springs so that the chuck key could not be left in the chuck.    3)        The rotating coupling of the pump for the splitter was not guarded.     4)         The unused sections of the blade of the horizontal bandsaw were not guarded.     The F&B RUBBERIZED INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1910.212(a)(1) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 312102619, CITATION NUMBER 1, iTEM 5, ISSUED ON 4-15-09  WITH A FINAL ORDER DATE OF MAY 8, 2009.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Jun 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii):     Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    Press Room:            The operating buttons of seven hydraulic presses did not have shrouds around the buttons to protect against accidental operation of the presses.     THE F&B RUBBERIZED INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1910.212(a)(3)(ii), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 315146902, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM 1, ISSUED ON  employer was previously cited for this alleged violation as a result of inspection 312102619 citation 1 item 1, ISSUED ON 5-25-12 WITH A FINAL ORDER DATE OF 7-6-12.

Issued

Jan 29, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,520 · Current $3,520

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1):     Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    Wear Pad Building:    1)      The pulley and belt drive of a drill press was not guarded.    2)      The pulley and belt drive of a compressor was not guarded.     THE F&B RUBBERIZED INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1910. 219(d)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 312102619, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM 8, ISSUED ON 4-15-09 WITH A FINAL ORDER DATE OF 5-8-09.