OSHA Inspection: TYLER TOOL AND FASTENER

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): If the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge were not  immediately apparent, signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge:     This violation was discovered on September 11, 2013; the employer did not provide an exit route for employees working throughout the facility indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): Written and oral emergency action plans. An emergency action plan was not kept in writing, was not kept in the workplace, and was not available to employees for review:     This violation was discovered on September 11, 2013; where the employer did not implement an emergency action plan.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment is isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    This violation was discovered on September 11, 2013, where the employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections for employees doing service and maintenance of equipment.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): The employer did not provide portable fire extinguishers and did not mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury:    This violation was discovered on September 11, 2013; employees working in the welding and paint area were exposed to fire hazards.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(a): Use of mechanical equipment. Where mechanical handling equipment was used, sufficient safe clearances was not allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or passage must be made. Aisles and passageways were not kept clear and in good repair, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard. Permanent aisles and passageways were not appropriately marked:    The employer did not ensure permanent aisles and passageways were appropriately marked. This violation occurred on or before September 11, 2013, where employees working throughout the facility were exposed to tripping hazards.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(c): Storage areas were not kept free from accumulation of materials that constitute hazards from tripping, fire, explosion, or pest harborage:     This violation occurred on or before September 11, 2013; where employees were exposed to tripping and fire hazards while performing their daily job duties.  Throughout the facility there were old racks and scraps of metal stacked in and around the work area.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 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):    This violation occurred on or before September 11, 2013: where at least two (2) employees operating powered industrial trucks without completing the required training and or evaluation.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 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:        a)   This violation was observed on September 11, 2013, at a jobsite located at 11721 US Hwy. 69 N, Tyler, Texas; in the machine shop, where at least one (1) employee that used a drill press was not protected from contacting the rotating drill bit.      b)   This violation was observed on September 11, 2013, at a jobsite located at 11721 US Hwy 69 N, Tyler, Texas; in the laser department, where at least one (1) employee that used the laser cutter was not protected from coming in contact with the point of operation.

Issued

Feb 4, 2014

Abate by

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials, a minimum distance of 20 feet or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:    This violation was observed on September 11, 2013; on the outside of the painting area full tanks of oxygen and acetylene were stored together. Employees in the facility were exposed to fire and explosion hazards.