OSHA Inspection: TANDEM METALS, INC.

Issued

2014-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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.     Production shop - On or about March 27, 2014, employees were required to operate the Cincinnati Shear that did not have all the points of operation completely guarded.  employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with unguarded points of operation.

Issued

2014-04-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.       a. On or about March 27, 2014, in the furnace area, the employees were not trained  in the hazards associated with chemicals such as, but not limited to, nitrogen and hydrogen gases.