OSHA Inspection: FAY TOOL AND DIE, INC.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The employer did not select and have each affected employee use, the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment:  a) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/23/2014, forklifts were missing seatbelts, and employees operated forklifts without seat belts.  Or in the alternative:  Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the hazard of falling out of forklifts due to seat belts not being worn.    a) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/23/2014, forklifts were missing seatbelts, and employees operated forklifts without seat belts.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Abate by

Sep 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/22/2014, employees conducted maintenance and repair on equipment such as, but not limited to, CnC machines, mechanical power presses, grinders, and milling machines. Hazardous energy was present in the form of 240VAC/480VAC electricity, mechanical moving parts, compressed air, and hydraulic energy. Specific procedures for energy isolation were not available and locks and tags for lockout/tagout were not used.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Abate by

Sep 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(d)(9)(iv): Safety blocks were not used when mechanical power press die(s) were being adjusted or repaired in the press:  a) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/23/2014, employees placed hands into the die setup area under the ram of mechanical power presses to service and adjust dies of 100 ton mechanical power presses. Die safety blocks were not available and used by employees to protect against the stored energy of the ram.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  a) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/22/2014, employees were exposed to laceration hazards while using a horizontal metal band saw that had over 9 inches of its unused blade section unguarded.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Abate by

Aug 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(b): Machine(s) designed for fixed location(s) were not securely anchored to prevent walking or moving:  a) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/22/2014, pedestal grinders were not secured in place, were observed to move/shift, and could potentially fall over.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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) For the Fay Tool and Die facility as observed on or about 07/22/2014, employees were exposed to nip points on unguarded power transmitting belt and pulleys for cylindrical grinders.