OSHA Inspection: PV ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,529 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1):     Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:    Location:  Machine Shop    On or about 1/31/13, employees were exposed to fire and entrapment hazards due to locked exit doors in the machine shop.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,100 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1):     The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment:    Location: Facility    On or about 2/5/13, the employer did not assess the workplace of hazards for workers that remove chips from a CNC machine conveyor without adequate gloves.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,400 Reduced

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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:     Location: Facility    On or about 2/5/13, the employer did not perform training and/or utilize energy control procedures to protect employees from the unexpected start up and amputation hazards while performing set up and servicing to the CNC machines, milling machines, and the turn center machines.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,800 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:    Location: Turning center room    1. On or about 1/31/13, the employer did not guard the un-used portion of the rotating blade on the Hyd-Mech, model #H-14a horizontal band saw to protect employees from laceration and amputation hazards.    On or about 1/31/13, the employer did not ensure that a guard was in place to enclose the internal moving components of the CNC milling machines while in operation, exposing the operators to point of operation and amputation hazards for the following but not limited to machines;    2. Hardinge, model #CS-42  3. Mori Seiki, model #SL-3

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Abate by

May 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

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):    Location: Facility    On or about 2/5/13, machine operators opened the by-passed and/or damaged interlocking door guard while the spindle was spinning to observe the alignment of the parts to the spindle, exposing the operators to point of operation and amputation hazards.  The employer by-passed the interlocking door guarding device on the following but not limited to CNC machines;    Location: Lathe Department  1. Nakamura-Tome, Methods Slant Jr., serial #14905  2. Tongta (Topper), Type #TNL-100A  3. Hardinge, model #CS-42  4. Mori Seiki, model #SL-3    Location: Milling Department  5. Matsura, model #MC-800VF	  6. Excel, model #PMC-5V-720  7. Matsura, model #510VS  8. Matsura, model #MC-600VF  9. Excel, model #810  10. Amera-Seiki, model #MC-2660

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,529 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1):     Non-working portion(s) of the blade of bandsaw(s) were not enclosed or guarded:    Location: Turning center room    On or about 1/31/13, the employer did not provide an adequate adjustable blade guard on the Spartan, model #526V vertical bandsaw, exposing workers to laceration hazards.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,529 · Current $0 Reduced

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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):    Location: Lathe Department    On or about 1/31/13, the employer did not adequately guard the belt and pulley of the Bridgeport drill press, serial #J33501 to protect employees from in-going nip-points.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,529 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2):     Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:    Location: Milling Department    On or about 1/31/13, the employer did not ensure the electrical breaker cabinet covers were secured to the cabinets, exposing employees to arc flash/blast, electric shock, and fire hazards.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,529 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii):     Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    Location: Milling Department    On or about 1/31/13, two knockouts were missing on the 240-volt electrical cabinet and was missing a blank inside of the cabinet exposing employees that work in the room to electrical shock and fire hazards.