OSHA Inspection: OSG-STERLING DIE, INC.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(3): Every floor, working place, and passageway was not kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose boards:     On or about March 21, 2014 employees were required to stand on a wooden platform with gaps up to 3.5 inches wide while operating the Thompson surface grinding machine.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,000 Reduced

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. On or about March 21, 2014, employees changing the blade on the Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. Marvel Metal Bandsaw No. 8 had not locked out the equipment.      b. On or about March 21, 2014, employees changing the tooling on the serration machines did not lock out the equipment.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,765 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    a. On or about March 21, 2014, unused portions of the blade on the Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. Marvel Metal Bandsaw No. 8 were not properly guarded.       b. The wheel on Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. Marvel Metal Bandsaw No. 8 was not properly guarded.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,765 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2): Guard(s) on machine(s) were not affixed to the machine or secured elsewhere when attachment to the machine was not possible:    On or about March 21, 2014, guarding in place on a Nichols & Sons was hinged.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,765 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:    On or about March 21, 2014, horizontal shafting transmitting power from the motor to the bandsaw blade on the Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. Marvel Metal Bandsaw No. 8 were not adequately guarded.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  a. On or about March 21, 2014, a belt and pulley on the Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. Marvel Metal Bandsaw No. 8 was not adequately guarded.      b. On or about March 21, 2014, a belt on pulley on Nichols & Sons Serration Machine 5-C-872 was not adequately guarded.     c. On or about March 21, 2014 a belt and pulley on Nichols & Sons Serration Machine 5-I-2042 was not adequately guarded.

Issued

Jun 12, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,210 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings shall be effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:    On or about March 21, 2014, there was an unused opening on the switch box for the Armstrong-Blum Mfg. Co. Marvel Metal Bandsaw No. 8.