OSHA Inspection: TRAJECTORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(e): Training. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees:      (a)    The employer did not adequately designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees in that on or about October 3rd, 2013, after an explosion occurred in the production area, three employees reentered the building after the explosion and stayed up to four minutes before evacuating which was not part of the company's emergency response plan.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i): "General." Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors. Sources of ignition include but are not limited to open flames; lightning; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; static, electrical, and mechanical sparks; spontaneous ignition, including heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat:    (a)    On or about October 3, 2013, adequate precautions were not taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors from the Dillon lubricant that contained 95% isopropyl alcohol by sparks from live primers in projectile casings that had been sprayed for processing with the Dillon lubricant and placed in an open fiberboard barrel, under the wooden table near the Camdex Case Processor Mdl #9020413.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1): The process hazard analysis did not identify, evaluate, and address the control of the hazards involved in the process:    (a)    The PHA did not identify, evaluate and address the control of the hazards involved with the case processing operation in that there was a potential for explosion due to ignition of live primer(s) and flammable vapors during the process of  spraying casings with 95% isopropyl alcohol (Dillon Lubricant) prior to and then depriming the casings on the Camdex Mdl #9200413.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information that addressed steps for each operating phase.    (a)    There were no developed and implemented written operating procedures that addressed the initial startup; operating limits; safety and health considerations and safety systems and their functions for employees running the case processing operation where shell casings were deprimed and resized, then reloaded to be live ammunition.    (b)    There were no developed and implemented written operating procedures that addressed the initial startup; operating limits; safety and health considerations and safety systems and their functions for employees removing gun powder from spent casings during the pulling process.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(g)(1)(i): Each employee presently involved in operating a process, and each employee before being involved in operating a newly assigned process, shall be trained in an overview of the process and in the operating procedures as specified in paragraph (f) of this section. The training shall include emphasis on the specific safety and health hazards, emergency operations including shutdown, and safe work practices applicable to the employee's job tasks.    (a)    Employees operating equipment such as but not limited to equipment such as the Camdex 2100/2200 case processor were not adequately trained on operating procedures such as but not limited to; the depriming operation including the  process of material such as the lubricated casings, operating procedures such as spraying ammo lube (Dillon) on the spent casings, emergency operations in the event of a live primer firing off or fire and/or explosion the use of the ammo lube, flammable liquid, safety and health hazards of working with fiberboard barrels that may still contain residual gun powder, and safety work practices to include distance of placement of materials such as the fiberboard barrels located under the wooden table from personnel.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2): Written procedures. The employer shall establish and implement written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment:    (a)    The employer did not establish and implement written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment such as but not limited too; the Camdex Case Processor Mdl. 9020413.

Issued

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets:    (a)    On or about October 3, 2013, employees were not trained on the hazards of the smokeless gun powder (explosive and carcinogenic) and the Dillion Lubricant (flammable, 95% isopropyl alcohol).  Employees were performing duties such as but not limited to; removing the gun powder from the projectile casings and dry sweeping the gun powder residue, and spraying the Dillon Lubricant on casings before placing them in an open fiberboard barrel.