OSHA Inspection: KISTLER FABRICATING

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 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:    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer did not have a program in place to control and eliminate hazardous energy, which includes but is not limited to; energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections.

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to provide portable fire extinguisher training.      Note the employer may exercise one of the following options:     1. Provide portable fire extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), meet the distribution requirements per 29 CFR 1910.157(d) (75 to the nearest extinguisher for Class A fires and 50 to the nearest unit for Class B fires), and provide training and education for all employees in the use of such equipment and the hazards associated with incipient stage fire fighting as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(g).  The other sections of 29 CFR also apply.     2. Provide extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), designate certain employees to be the only employees authorized to use such equipment and require all other employees to immediately evacuate upon the sound of the fire alarm, establish this in writing in an emergency action plan as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and train/educate designated employees per 1910.157(g).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from distribution requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157(d).     3. Establish a written fire safety policy which requires the immediate and total evacuation of employees from the workplace upon the sounding of a fire alarm signal.  This policy shall include an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan as specified in 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and 29 CFR 1910.39(a).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157 to include the need for providing portable fire equipment unless a specific standard requires that a portable fire extinguisher be provided (such as those requirements in 29 CFR 1910.106/107 related to the use/storage of flammable/combustible liquids).  If extinguishers are provided, but not intended for employee use, 29 CFR 1910.157(e) and (f) are still applicable (inspection, maintenance, and testing of equipment).

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to provide training for powered industrial truck operators.

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2): The following items were not being inspected for defects at intervals as defined in paragraph (j)(1)(ii) of this section or as specifically indicated, including observation during operation for any defects which might appear between regular inspections:    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to provide daily and adequate monthly crane inspections on the five overhead cranes being used in the facility.

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(3): Complete inspections of the crane was not being performed at intervals as generally defined in paragraph (j)(1)(ii)(b) of this section:  On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to perform annual crane inspections for the five overhead cranes being used in the facility.

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 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:    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to guard the point of operation and the danger zone of the burring machine in the southwest corner of the facility.

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer did not have a Written Hazard Communication program that includes all the subparts specified in 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h).

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to perform a written workplace hazard assessment.

Issued

2014-10-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    On or about July 24, 2014, the employer failed to provide the information in Appendix D of 1910.134 to employees who voluntarily wear dust masks.