OSHA Inspection: ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING INC.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(D): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures:   Machine Area - The energy control procedures for the Juki KE-760L and the Juki 2050 provided generic procedures, rather than specific procedures, for verifying the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and dissipating pneumatic energy.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii): The employer did not certify that periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had been performed:   Establishment - The last certification of a periodic inspection of the energy control procedures was May 10, 2011.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:   Establishment - An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2450.00 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:  Machine Area, Universal Instruments Corporation VCD 1 Machine - The VCD 1 operator periodically uses a key to bypass the safety guard interlock and reach into the point of operation to remove electronic components during upset conditions.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1): Employees were not trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertained to their respective job assignments:  Establishment - Employees exposed to the hazards of electrical shock and electrical arc flash were not trained in the selection, inspection and use of electrical protective equipment.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1): Employees working in areas where there are potential electrical hazards were not provided with, and did not use, electrical protective equipment that is appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed:  Establishment - Employees were not provided, and did not use, electrical protective equipment while conducting contact voltage testing for the absence of voltage and while conducting contact voltage testing on 120 volt live electrical parts.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(i): The employer did not make a written copy of the procedures outlined in paragraph (b)(2) of 29 CFR 1910.333 available for inspection by employees and by the Assistant Secretary of Labor and his or her authorized representatives:   Establishment - The employer did not maintain a written procedure for working on or near exposed deenergized electrical parts.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(B): Before circuits or equipment was worked as deenergized, a qualified person did not use test equipment to test the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment to which employees would be exposed to verify that they were deenergized:   Establishment - Not all personnel used test equipment to verify the absence of voltage before electrical circuits or equipment greater than 50 volts was worked as deenergized.

Issued

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $140.00 · Current $70.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not conducted at least once every three years:   Shipping Department - A lift truck operator was last evaluated on October 16, 2009.    Alternative Manufacturing, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313790735, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 29, 2009, with respect to a workplace located at 30 Summer Street, Suite B, Winthrop, Maine.