OSHA Inspection: QUALITY INDUSTRIAL FABRICATION INC.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:    The employer does not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee perform any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to a struck-by and caught-in hazard when they were required to service and set-up a hydraulic shear, press brake, and band saws without hazardous energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee perform any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury is established and the machine or equipment is isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4): Portable fire extinguishers were not maintained in a fully charged and operable condition:    The employer does not maintain portable fire extinguishers in a fully charged and operable condition. This violation was observed on or about January 10, 2013, throughout the shop area where employees were exposed to fire hazards while welding and operating spark producing machines without having fully charged fire extinguishers available.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that portable fire extinguishers are maintained in a fully charged and operable condition.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:    The employer does not subject portable fire extinguishers to an annual maintenance check. This violation was observed on or about January 10, 2013, throughout the shop area where employees were exposed to fire hazards while welding and operating spark producing machines without having fire extinguishers available that were inspected annually.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    The employer does not train forklift operators. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013, in the facility where employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard when operating a Hyster forklift to move products without being trained and evaluated.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that each operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:    The employer does not provide machine guarding to protect operators from rotating parts. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013 in the machine shop area where employees were exposed to a caught-in hazard while operating a Hyd-Mech band saw Model #S-25A without the unused area of the blade being guarded.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that machine guarding is 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.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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 employer does not guard the point of operation of machines whose operation exposes employees to injury.    a. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013 in the machine shop area where employees were exposed to a caught-in hazard while operating a Wysong shear Model #1225 without a point of operation guard.    b. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013 in the machine shop area where employees were exposed to a caught-in hazard while operating a 230-ton Cincinnati press brake without a point of operation guard.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that guards are installed on all machines to protect employees from the point of operation.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3): Abrasive wheels used on vertical portable grinder(s) (right angle head grinders) were not provided with safety guard(s) having a maximum exposure angle of 180 degrees and located between the operator and wheel:    The employer does not provide safety guard on abrasive wheels of portable grinders. This violation was observed on or about January 10, 2013, in the machine shop where employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard while operating two Dewalt portable grinders without a safety guard on the abrasive wheel.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that abrasive wheels used on vertical portable grinder are provided with safety guard(s) having a maximum exposure angle of 180 degrees and located between the operator and wheel.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:    The employer does not separate oxygen cylinders from fuel-gas cylinders. This violation was observed on or about January 10, 2013, in the storage room north of the welding area where employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard while fabricating metal products without oxygen gas cylinders being separated from fuel-gas cylinders by a minimum distance of 20 feet or a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet high having a fire-resistance rating of at least on-half hour.     Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that  oxygen cylinders in storage are separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    The employee does not write a respiratory protection program. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013, in the paint booth where employees wore 3M half-face respirators to spray polyurethane paints and thinners without a respiratory protection program.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that a written respiratory protection program that includes the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i - ix) with worksite specific procedures is established and implemented.

Issued

Feb 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    The employer does not develop, implement and maintain a written hazardous communication program in the workplace. This violation occurred on or about January 10, 2013, throughout the workplace where employees used hazardous chemicals such as paint thinner, polyurethane paints, and WD-40 and the employer did not develop and implement a hazardous communication program.    Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that a hazardous communication program is developed, implemented and maintain at the workplace which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following.