OSHA Inspection: SUSSEK MACHINE CORPORATION

Issued

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2970.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B):     The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:    The written lockout procedure for CNC N-109 did not identify the correct location for the deenergization of the hydraulic power used to hold fixtures in place.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(d)

Issued

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6930.00 · Current $4800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iii)(A):     Retraining was not provided for authorized and affected employees when there was a change in their job assignments, a change in machines, equipment or processes that presented a new hazard, or when there was a change in the energy control procedure:    Authorized lockout employees were not retrained on procedures for deenergization of the hydraulic energy source for CNC Mill N-109 when it was introduced into the assembly area and did not know that the hydraulic power for the bearing presses was lost at the same time that the hydraulic power was shut-off at the ceiling for CNC N-109.     *Abatement documentation is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6930.00 · Current $3200.00 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. The guarding device was shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefore, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:    The assembly bearing presses were not designed so that in the event of a hydraulic power failure, the restoration of hydraulic power would not result in any hazardous cycling of the ram.    *Abatement documentation is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(d).