OSHA Inspection: UNITED AVIONICS

Issued

Oct 23, 2013

Abate by

Dec 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.  WORKSHOP:      1.  The rotating chuck of the Logan lathe was unguarded.  2.  The ingoing nip points, created by the pulleys and belt of the Dayton vertical belt sander were unguarded.    3.  The ingoing nip points, created by the pulleys and belts of the Baldor-Reliance vertical belt sander were unguarded.

Issued

Oct 23, 2013

Abate by

Dec 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.  WORKSHOP:  The point-of-operation of the #1 through #6 molding presses, unknown identification were unguarded.

Issued

Oct 23, 2013

Abate by

Dec 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,470 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)  WORKSHOP:  The right peripheral member of the Triple duty pedestal grinder was missing a tongue guard.

Issued

Oct 23, 2013

Abate by

Nov 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $490 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1):  You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.  ESTABLISHMENT:  The OSHA 300 log of work-related injuries and illnesses for the 2013 year was not completed in detail as followed:     1.      Case # 1, marked as an injury in column (M))(1), column (F) not marked with object/substance that directly injured or made the person ill. 2.      Case #1, marked as an injury in column (M)(1), was not marked in column (H); days away from work, column (I); job transfer or restriction, or column (J); other recordable cases. 3.      Case #2, marked as an injury in column (M))(1), column (F) was not marked with the object/substance that directly injured or made the person ill. 4.      Case #2, marked as an injury in column (M)(1), was not marked in column (H); days away from work, column (I); job transfer or restriction, or column (J); other recordable cases. 5.      Case #3 , marked as a respiratory condition in column (M)(3), column (F) was not marked with the object/substance that directly injured or made the person ill. 6.      Case #3, marked as a respiratory condition  in column (M)(3), was not marked in column (H); days away from work, column (I); job transfer or restriction, or column (J); other recordable cases.