OSHA Inspection: ASHLAND MAT, LLC

Issued

Aug 4, 2014

Abate by

Sep 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8): Every floor hole into which persons can accidentally walk were not guarded:    (a) Headsaw deck; An exposed floor hole was not protected by a guardrail system or floor hole cover. The floor hole was approximately 35-1/2 inches long by 12 inches wide.

Issued

Aug 4, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 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) Throughout the facility; An energy control program (Lockout-Tagout) was not developed or implemented for equipment with multiple sources of energy such as, but not limited to; debarker, headsaw, log carriage, deck saw, and band resaw.

Issued

Aug 4, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:   (a) Production area; Energy isolation devices were not used during jam clearing and cleaning operations on equipment such as, but not limited to; debarker, headsaw, log carriage, deck saw, band resaw, and conveying systems.

Issued

Aug 4, 2014

Abate by

Aug 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.265(e)(1)(v): A barrier was not provided to prevent employees from entering the space necessary for travel of the carriage and warning signs were not posted at possible entry points to log carriage areas:    (a) Sawmill, log carriage for head saw; Barriers were not provided around the head saw carriage to prevent access.    (b) Sawmill, log carriage for head saw; Signage was not provided around the head saw carriage to warn against hazards.

Issued

Aug 4, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.265(c)(18)(i): Construction, operation, and maintenance of conveyors was not conducted in accordance with American National Standard B20.1-1957, which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6:    (a) Production area; In-running nip-points of a chain(s) and sprocket(s) on conveyor transfer and discharge points were not guarded (Reference: American National Standard B20.1-1957, Section 602).    i. Resaw station, transfer conveyor; In-running nip-points of a chain and sprocket on a powered chain conveyor were not guarded.    ii. Cant deck; In-running nip-point(s) between a chain and sprockets were not guarded.  (b) Production area; Crossover(s) or passageway(s) were not provided for chain and vibrating style conveyors located within 7 feet of the floor or walkway surface (Reference: American National Standard B20.1-1957, Section 705.a).     i. Resaw conveyor loop; A crossover was not provided for the chain conveyor systems.      ii. Between deck saw and cant deck; A crossover was not provided for the vibrating conveyor system.

Issued

Aug 4, 2014

Abate by

Sep 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(3): A complete periodic inspection of crane(s) had not been conducted in the past 12 months:  (a) Production facility; A comprehensive crane inspection was not conducted within the last 12 months.