OSHA Inspection: ALLIED WIRE & CABLE, INC.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Aug 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,000 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):    (a)  The employer failed to provide employees with training, which consisted of a class/instruction, written test, and operational test/evaluation, prior to allowing employees to operate the forklifts.  This exposed employees to struck-by and crushing hazards.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Aug 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    Employees are exposed to amputation hazards from unguarded chain and sprockets in that:      (a)  The Coulter & McKenzie Machine Co., Inc. drummer machines chain and sprocket was less than 7 feet above the floor and not guarded to prevent employees from accessing the danger area.  (b)  The chain and sprockets on the twister machine were not guarded to prevent employees from accessing the danger area. (c)  The chain and sprockets for the stripper machine were guarded to prevent employees from accessing the danger area.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Aug 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A Log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent), was not completed in the detail as required by the regulation.     (a)  The employer did not complete the OSHA Form 300 as required; in that column F of the 2013 Log did not contain the object/substance which directly injured or made the employee ill.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Sep 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(3): Approved trucks shall bear a label or some other identifying mark indicating approval by the testing laboratory. See paragraph (a)(7) of this section and paragraph 405 of "American National Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks, Part II, ANSI B56.1-1969", which is incorporated by reference in paragraph (a)(2) of this section and which provides that if the powered industrial truck is accepted by a nationally recognized testing laboratory it should be so marked.  (a) The Mitsubishi sit-down LP forklift did not have a placard or other identifying mark by a testing laboratory.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Aug 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  (a)  The employer failed to ensure that the electrical equipment in the facility was properly guarded in that an electrical outlet was missing a cover.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Aug 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein:  (a)  The employer failed to ensure that the 55 gallon waste drum was properly labeled.

Issued

Aug 15, 2013

Abate by

Aug 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h): Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and -2 on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced in the facility:   (a)  The employer did not provide employees, which are exposed to hazardous materials while conducting their normal work duties, with hazard communication training.