OSHA Inspection: FALTEC AMERICA, INC.

Issued

May 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base selection of appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the tasks to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, and the hazards and potential hazards identified:  a) 500-B Soho Drive, Adairsville, Ga.; Production: The employer failed to ensure that adequate (thermal) hand protection was provided for employees while performing matt pressing operations on the Forming Press, model STS-1617.  The employees were wearing black polyurethane nylon which could not withstand 250 degree heat; exposing employees to burn hazard.

Issued

May 28, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 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) 500-B Soho Drive, Adairsville, Ga.; Production floor: The employer did not implement a lockout/tagout program to protect employees performing maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to Forming Pressing and multiple Auto Balance Hydraullic Full Cutting Machines, generators and compressors in the warehouse.

Issued

May 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, the identity of the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed, and the date the hazard assessment was done:  a) 500-B Soho Drive, Adairsville, Ga.; Warehouse: The employer did not verify through written certification, that a workplace hazard assessment had been completed.