OSHA Inspection: C & R TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC.

Issued

Mar 5, 2014

Abate by

Mar 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,224 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) ) On or about 01/08/2014, a lockout/tagout program had not been established for employees that perform servicing, maintenance, or cleaning on equipment such as, but no limited to, the Milltronics VM20-7200 CNC, S/N# 11805, FADAL VMC 4020 CNC, MAHO MH600 CNC, and MAZAK 510CII CNC machines.

Issued

Mar 5, 2014

Abate by

Mar 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 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) On or about 01/08/2014 - Throughout the facility, employees operating powered industrial trucks such as, the Yale, Model# ERC050FCN36SF083, S/N# N489254 and Komatsu Model# FG35ST-7, S/N# 100983A had not been trained and evaluated.

Issued

Mar 5, 2014

Abate by

Mar 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, the Maho MH 600C CNC machines were being operated with the interlocks by-passed.   b) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, the Muzak Neous 510C II CNC machines were being operated with the interlocks by-passed.   c) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, a Bridgeport vertical milling machine S/N# 146781, was being operated with unguarded rotating parts.   d) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, an Acer vertical milling machine Model# 2S, S/N# 9366763, was being operated with unguarded rotating parts.   e) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, a South Bend Fourteen horizontal lathe Model# 76TT1587, was being operated with unguarded rotating parts.

Issued

Mar 5, 2014

Abate by

Mar 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i): Horizontal belts which had both runs seven feet or less from the floor level were not guarded with a guard that extended to at least fifteen inches above the belt:  a) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, the Acer milling machine Model# 2S, S/N# 9366763 had a horizontal belt that was not guarded.

Issued

Mar 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(b): Machine(s) designed for fixed location(s) were not securely anchored to prevent walking or moving:  a) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, the Baldor pedestal grinder was not anchored to floor while in operation.

Issued

Mar 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $612 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one-fourth inch:   a) On or about 01/08/2014 - Shop floor, the Baldor abrasive wheel tongue guard was adjusted approximately one inch from the wheel.