OSHA Inspection: MCM PRECISION CASTINGS, INC.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 90109130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(7): Dust was permitted to accumulate on the floor or on ledges outside of an abrasive-blasting enclosure, and dust spills were not cleaned up promptly. Aisles and walkways were not kept clear of steel shot or similar abrasive which may create a slipping hazard.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, abrasive material was allowed to accumulate on the floor and on top of the abrasive blasting cabinet.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1): When employees were subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized. If such controls fail to reduce sound levels within the levels of Table G-16, personal protective equipment was not provided and used to reduce sound levels within the levels of the table.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc.  located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not implement engineering controls to reduce employee exposures to noise at 97.0 dBA as an eight hour time weighted average when operating the knockout machine.      b. MCM Precision Castings, Inc.  located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 3, 2014, the employer did not implement engineering controls to reduce employee exposures to noise at 93.7 dBA as an eight hour time weighted average when operating the cut off saw and operating a hand grinder.      Step 1: Provide effective hearing protection and ensure it is used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits.      Step 2: A written detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures to levels of high noise as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:      (1)  Evaluation of engineering /administrative control options;   (2)  Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;  (3)  Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;   (4)  Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign .      All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.  90 day progress reports are required during the abatement period.      Step3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.      Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to: Installing sound dampening material around the knockout machine and the cut off saw.                   Step1: Abatement Date-                   Step2: Abatement Date-                   Step3: Abatement Date-

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure hearing protectors were worn by any employee who was exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels or greater:     a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure an employee operating the knockout machine was wearing hearing protection when exposed to levels of high noise at 97.0 dBA as an eight hour time weighted average.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(3): Employees were not given the opportunity to select their hearing protectors from a variety of suitable hearing protectors provided by the employer.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 3, 2014, the employer did not ensure a variety of hearing protection was provided to employees who were exposed to levels of high noise which exceeded the 85dBA eight hour time weighted average.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who was exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.      a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 3, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees exposed to levels of high noise exceeding 85 dBA as an eight hour time weighted average were provided with information and training on the following:     1. The effect of noise on hearing;    2. The advantages and disadvantages of various types of hearing protection;    3. Instructions for fitting, use and care of hearing protection;    4. The purpose of the audiometric testing and an explanation of the testing procedures.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Apr 1, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure the furnace tender was wearing a hard hat and flame retardant clothing when exposed to molten metal splashes and sparks when working around the induction furnace.      b. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees were wearing hard hats, flame retardant clothing, and spats when exposed to molten metal splashes and sparks when receiving molten metal from the induction furnace to heat the transfer ladle.    c. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees were wearing flame retardant clothing and spats when pouring molten metal.    d.MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure an employee was provide with fall protection when exposed to a 61 inch fall from the top of the Viking tumble blast machine.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.     a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure the furnace tender was wearing a face shield when exposed to molten metal splashes and sparks when working around the induction furnace.       b. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees were wearing a face shield when exposed to molten metal splashes and sparks when receiving molten metal from the induction furnace to heat the transfer ladle.     c. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about August 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure an employee operating the Arnold Machine Co. 4" belt grinder was wearing eye protection when exposed to flying particles.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 90109130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer had not evaluated employee exposures to crystalline silica dust and respirable dust when operating the abrasive blasting cabinet.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(i): The employer did not provide a respirator that was adequate to protect the health of the employee and ensure compliance with all other OSHA statutory and regulatory requirements, under routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, an employee wearing a powered air purifying respirator while operating the sand blasting cabinet was overexposed to crystalline silica dust at 289.79 mg/m3 which exceeded the assigned protection factor of the respirator.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.     a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 3, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees required to wear loose fitting powered air purifying hoods (PAPR) were provided with medical evaluations.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1): The employer did not conduct evaluations of the workplace as necessary to ensure that the provisions of the current written program were being effectively implemented and that it continued to be effective.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure the respirator program was regularly evaluated to determine if it was being effectively implemented.  Medical evaluations were not being conducted when employees were required to wear dust masks and then later powered air purifying respirators to protect themselves from substances such as metal fumes and silica dust.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(3): Unauthorized personnel were permitted to ride on powered industrial trucks.     a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, an employee was instructed to stand on a pallet to manually support parts while the pallet was being moved by the forklift.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 9130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2):  An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a "C", exceeded the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in an 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, an employee operating the sand blasting cabinet was overexposed to respirable dust at 289.79 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5 mg/m3 by 5795%.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z-3, in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week, exceeded the 8-hour time weighted average limit given for that substance in the table.  a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, an employee operating the sand blasting cabinet was overexposed to crystalline silica dust at 289.79 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.138 mg/m3 by 2099%.  b. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, an employee operating the knockout machine was overexposed to crystalline silica dust at 0.666 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.385 mg/m3 by 173%.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90109130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls were not first determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls were not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures was not used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose was not approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.   a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure engineering controls were implemented to protect employees operating the sand blasting cabinet from being overexposed to respirable dust at 289.79 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5 mg/m3 by 5795% and overexposed to crystalline silica dust at 289.79 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.138 mg/m3 by 2099%.  b. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure engineering controls were implemented to protect employees operating the knockout machine from being overexposed to crystalline silica dust at 0.666 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.385 mg/m3 by 173%.  Step 1: Provide effective respiratory protection to and ensure it is used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits.    Step 2: A written detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:    (1)  Evaluation of engineering /administrative control options; (2)  Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design; (3)  Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures; (4)  Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign.    All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.  90 day progress reports are required during the abatement period.    Step3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.    Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to ensuring the abrasive blasting cabinet is properly constructed and maintained to ensure dust does not escape the enclosure during any portion of the abrasive blasting operation and to ensure the dust collection system for the knockout machine if functioning according to manufacturers recommendations.                 Step1: Abatement Date-                 Step2: Abatement Date-                 Step3: Abatement Date-

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90109130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(3)(i): Blast-cleaning enclosures were not exhaust ventilated in such a way that a continuous inward flow of air was maintained at all openings in the enclosure during the blasting operation.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure the abrasive blasting cabinet was ventilated so that a continuous inward flow of air was maintained at all openings.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.       a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure the 55 gallon dipping container located in the shell room, used to clean patterns, was labeled with words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof as to the identity and the hazards of the chemicals in the container.  The dipping container was filled with a substance called R+R wash and etch pattern cleaner which contains d-limonene, 2-butoxyethoxy, and diethanolamine.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Mar 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): Employee training did not include the details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about July 17, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees hired after May 2014 had received training on the company's hazard communication program.  Training did not include the following:    1. An explanation of the labeling system;    2. An explanation of the safety data sheets.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $35,000 · Current $17,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.    a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 20, 2014, the employer did not ensure employees exposed to levels of high noise exceeding 85 dBA as an eight hour time weighted average, were provided with audiometric testing.

Issued

Jan 8, 2015

Abate by

Jan 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit."  a. MCM Precision Castings, Inc. located in Weston, Ohio:  On or about November 3, 2014, the employer did not ensure the exit from the east side of the shell room was marked with a sign reading "Exit".