OSHA Inspection: S & M TOOL, INC.

Issued

Jun 16, 2014

Abate by

Aug 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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) The employer did not establish elements of an energy control program for employees performing work on machines that would require lockout/tagout or equivalent protection.

Issued

Jun 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by rotating parts:    a) Two horizontal lathes did not have a chuck guards to protect employees from entanglement hazards caused from the rotating part.

Issued

Jun 16, 2014

Abate by

Feb 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    a) CNC operated vertical lathes and mills did not have interlocked doors to prevent employees from accessing the danger area of the machines during operation.

Issued

Jun 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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) Pulleys on a Bridgeport mill head were not guarded to prevent employees from accessing the pinch point and rotating part.

Issued

Jun 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i): Horizontal belts which had both runs seven feet or less from the floor level were not guarded with a guard that extended to at least fifteen inches above the belt:  a) Horizontal belts on a Bridgeport mill head were not guarded to prevent employees from accessing the pinch points created between the belts and pulleys.

Issued

Jun 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  a) A forklift operator did not have an evaluation since his training in 2008.