OSHA Inspection: DESIGNER DOORS

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(1): Exit routes were not kept free of explosive or highly flammable materials:    a) At the exit door in the production area; There were four tanks of flammable adhesives located near the marked exit door.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Apr 30, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed 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 shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not have an energy control program, including energy isolation procedures and training for employees performing blade changes, servicing, maintenance or cleaning on machines and equipment such as but not limited to the Unimat 500 Molder, the chipper, the compressor and the dust collection system.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Apr 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.    a) Throughout the facility; The employees would perform blade changes, cleaning, servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment without the protection of affixing a lockout or tagout device to isolate the energy sources on equipment such as but not limited to the Unimat 500 Molder, the chipper, the compressor and the dust collection system.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 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) Throughout the facility; The employer did not have a forklift operator training program in place at the facility.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:  a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not have a process in place for inspecting the forklifts prior to daily operation.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(a)(9): All belts, pulleys, gears, shafts, and moving parts were not guarded in accordance with the specific requires of 1910.219:    a) In the production area of the facility; The rotating shafts on the EME shaper and the Powermatic shaper were not adequately guarded.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5): The paths to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures were not permanent, continuous, and effective:    a) At the JET 10" tilting arbor saw; The clamp on metal  lamp at the saw did not have a ground wire.

Issued

Jan 10, 2014

Abate by

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  a) Throughout the facility; Employees could use respirators on a voluntary basis however the employer did not provide the information contained on Appendix D of the respiratory protection standard.