MILWAUKEE, WI ·
OSHA Inspection: MAYNARD STEEL CASTING COMPANY
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of MAYNARD STEEL CASTING COMPANY in 2856 SOUTH 27TH STREET, MILWAUKEE, WI 53215 (NAICS 331513). OSHA activity number 338998099.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MAYNARD STEEL CASTING COMPANY
- Site address
- 2856 SOUTH 27TH STREET
- City
- MILWAUKEE
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53215
- Mailing
- 2856 SOUTH 27TH STREET, MILWAUKEE, WI 53215
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331513
- Employees
- 200
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2013
- Abate by
- Nov 18, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,940 · Current $4,800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to combustible corn meal dust explosion and deflagration hazards while working at or near a corn meal storage bin that was not adequately designed and maintained to prevent or minimize employee exposure in the event of a deflagration or other fire event: The corn meal storage bin within the bin room contained combustible corn meal which was utilized in downstream mixing processes for constructing molds: (a) The corn meal storage bin lacked means of 1) explosion protection and 2) deflagration isolation protection to upstream and downstream equipment. (b) The corn meal storage bin and manual bin discharge spout were not maintained to be dust tight. (c) A method of bonding and grounding was not provided between the manual bin discharge spout and the metal corn meal transfer cart(s) used in the manual filling process. External ignition sources were used in near proximity to a manual bin discharge spout filling location. On April 1, 2013 a dust cloud was created internally inside of the bin via the use of a compressed air system intended to loosen corn meal inside of the bin. The dust cloud exited the manual bin discharge spout and contacted a nearby external ignition source (a Space-Ray infrared gas heater) culminating in a deflagration.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4800
- · Z (S) $5940
1910.307 C
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2013
- Abate by
- Oct 25, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,951 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location: (a) Electrical equipment, in the bin area, was not rated for use in Class II environments where combustible corn meal was stored, transferred, and added to transfer carts. This exposed employees to explosion/deflagration hazard.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $4951
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 338998099.
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