OSHA Inspection: OFCO, INC. DBA OHIO FABRICATORS COMPANY

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:  a. The employer did not adequately perform a hazard assessment, the assessment states for the press room that gloves will be worn, "as necessary" however does not identify what qualifies as necessary. The employees are exposed to cut and laceration hazards.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): General requirements. Employers shall select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.  a. The employer failed to provide employees with adequate gloves for handling sheets of metal that have resulted in numerous lacerations and severe cuts. Employees are exposed to a cutting hazard.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.  a. In the press room the employer failed to install guarding onto a Chicago Dreis & Krump  Model 131, 11 ton press break; the employees were exposed to a caught in / amputation hazard.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.  a. The work rest in building 4 near the flammable gas cylinders was sized to greater than 1/8th inch, thereby exposing employees to struckby and caught in hazards.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)   a. In building 2 the bench grinder near the manual form roller had the tongue guard improperly sized to greater than 1/4 inch, thereby exposing employees to a struck by hazard.  b. In building 1 the 7 inch Dayton bench grinder did not have a tongue guard, thereby exposing employees to a struck by hazard.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(5)(ii)(D): Unless cylinders are secured on a special truck, regulators shall be removed and valve-protection caps, when provided for, shall be put in place before cylinders are moved.  a. In building 2 near the maintenance shop, the oxygen and acetylene cylinders were not secured. The employees were exposed to a fire / explosion hazard.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Installation and use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.   a. The portable fan in building 2 in the soldering room near the hot plate was not listed and labeled for use in an industrial setting; thereby exposing employees to contact with electrical current and a fire hazard.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Unless specifically permitted otherwise in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this section, flexible cords and cables may not be used: As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure;  a. In building 1 the employer used flexible cord to hard wire a receptacle box, the flexible cord was plugged into a second receptacle box. The employees were exposed to a fire hazard.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed:  a. In Building 4, the 220 Volt sub main panel box had two unused openings on the side of the box. Employees were exposed to a contact with electrical current hazard.