OSHA Inspection: JEWEL CASE CORPORATION

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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) Tool room: The rotating chuck of the Clausing 1500 and South Bend lathes were not provided with an adequate guard or guarding device, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:    (a) Production area: The points of operation of the Wrapper machines were not guarded by an adequate guard or guarding device, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jul 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i): The employer did not provide and ensure the usage of point of operation guards or properly applied point of operation devices on every operation performed on mechanical power press(es):  (a) Production area: The point of operation on the Piercing machines in use at the facility were not guarded by any point of operation guards or properly applied point of operation devices, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:    (a) Manufacturing area: The Hitachi C10RA3 tablesaw was not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:  (a) Manufacturing area: The Hitachi C10RA3 tablesaw was not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  (a) Manufacturing area: The Hitachi C10RA3 tablesaw did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one-fourth inch:     (a) Tool room: The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue at the top of the Baldor pedestal grinder was five-eighths inch on the left and right sides, and thus exceeded one-fourth inch, on or about 5-12-14.

Issued

May 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:  (a) Tool room: The Diehl pedestal grinder did not have an adjustable tongue guard, and thus was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel, on or about 5-12-14.