OSHA Inspection: AGM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

Nov 21, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    Press Dept.:             The employer did not develop and utilize lockout tagout procedures while moving the metal stock through the dies of the Perkins Power Press of the #6 Automatic Line.  A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(B): The periodic inspection shall be conducted to correct any deviations or inadequacies identified with the lockout tagout procedures:    Press Dept.:              The lockout tagout procedures for the Perkins Power Press of the #6 Automatic Line were not revised after the guarding of the press changed. A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees:    Press Dept.:             The employer did not train the operator of the Perkins Power Press of the Automatic 6 Line on the lockout tagout procedures for that machine. A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(3)(i): Mechanical power press(es) using full revolution clutches did not incorporate a single-stroke mechanism:    Press Dept.:             The Perkins Power Press of Automatic Line #6 did not have a single stroke mechanism when the operator jogged material through the press during startup. A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(i)(a): Point of operation guards on mechanical power presses did not prevent entry of hands or fingers into the point of operation by reaching through, over, under or around the guards:    Press Dept.:             Automatic Perkins Power Press #6 was not guarded adequately when the operator advances the stock through the dies. The air is turned off enabling the operator to raise the front side guard. The operator holds in the limit switch for the front side guard with a tool. A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(vi): The adjustable barrier guard(s) on mechanical power press(es) were not adjusted or operated in conformity with Table 10 O-10:    Press Dept.:             The opening created by raising the interlocked guard at the front of the Perkins Power Press of the #6 Automatic Line did not comply with Table O-10. A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(i)(f): Point of operation guard(s) on mechanical power press(es) did not offer maximum visibility of the point of operation consistent with other requirements:    Press Dept.:             The point of operation of the Perkins Power Press was not visible so that the operator had to open the guard while advancing the material through the dies. The worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(d)(1)(ii): Hand tools were not used for freeing and removing stuck work or scrap pieces from the dies of mechanical power presses so that no employee needed to reach into the point of operation for such purposes:    Press Dept.:             The employer did not enforce the use of hand tools for operators of the Perkins Power Press of Automatic Line #6 when the operator has to position the stock at the slot of the tab forming die. A worker crushed a finger.

Issued

Jul 10, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(f)(2): Operators were not trained and instructed in the safe method of work before starting work on mechanical power presses:    Press Dept.:                The employer did not did not instruct the press operator of the Perkins Power Press of the #6 Automatic Line on the safe method of operating the press. A worker crushed a finger.