OSHA Inspection: LEACH GARNER

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,251 · Current $2,276 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floor(s) or platform(s) 4 feet (1.22 m) or more above the adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent as specified in 29 CFR 1910.23(e)(3)(i) through (v)), on all open sides:  Billet Room: Workers exposed to a 9 foot fall from work platform to ground level. Platform was not fully guarded with standard guardrails.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,060 · Current $2,142 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(1): When effective engineering controls were not feasible or while they were being instituted, appropriate respirators were not used pursuant to the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134:  Melting Department: Respiratory protection during melting and pouring operations was not worn where workers were exposed to silver fume in excess of the permissible exposure limit of .01mg/m3.   SEE CITATION 1 ITEM 2b FOR EXPOSURE INFORMATION   Provide OSHA with monthly updates of efforts to reduce exposures below the permissible exposure limit.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

Aug 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of silver fume listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of .01mg/m3:  a) On 2-20-14,  A worker was exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of .086 mg/m3 of silver fume during melting and pouring operations.   b) On 2-20-14, A worker was exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of .19mg/m3 of silver fume during melting and pouring operations.   c) On 2-20-14., A worker was exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of .09 mg/m3 of silver fume during melting and pouring operations.    Provide OSHA with monthly updates on efforts to reduce exposures below the permissible exposure limt.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

Mar 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  Melting Department:  Workers were exposed to silver fume during continuous casting melting and pouring operations in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of .01mg/m3. Mechanical ventilation was not adequate to reduce airborne levels below the PEL.    SEE CITATION 1 ITEM 2b FOR EXPOSURE LEVELS  Provide OSHA with monthly updates on efforts to reduce exposures below the permissible exposure limit.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,060 · Current $2,142 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by the operating saw:   Casting: Unused portions of the horizontal band saw were not fully guarded  Wire Drawing: Rotating parts and in going nip points on the wire stand machines were not guarded.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,601 · Current $1,821 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:  First Floor Mill Side: Rotating shafts on the Cincinnati scalpers were not guarded.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:  a) Scrub Line/Hot bonding: The surface cleaner tank containing sulfuric acid was not labeled with a health hazard warning.    b) Heat treating: A drum of talc was not labeled with a health hazard warning.  c) Breakdown Mills: Tank of degreaser was not labeled with health hazard warning.   d) Waste Water Treatment: Tank for cooling tower was not labeled with health hazard warning.