OSHA Inspection: MCDANIEL PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Nov 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 1, 2015

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. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about August 8, 2014, the employer did not develop and implement an energy control program to protect employees from hazardous energy sources while setting up machines.  Employees were exposed to amputation and crushing injuries while setting up CNC lathes and automatic screw machines such as, but not limited to, the #2, #3 and #9 Browne & Sharpe machines, and the Mori Seki CNC lathe.

Issued

Nov 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 5, 2014, employees operating the Tongtai (model TNL-120ALII) CNC machine were exposed to injuries from the machine's rotating parts and/or flying chips.  The machine was not adequately guarded in that employees were not prevented from accessing the hazard area during operation.    b. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, employees operating the Mori Seiki SL-4 CNC machine were exposed to injuries from the machine's rotating parts and/or flying chips.  The machine was not adequately guarded in that employees were not prevented from accessing the hazard area during operation.    c. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, employees operating the Cincom Citizen L-20 CNC lathe machine (s/n 00572) were exposed to injuries from the machine's rotating parts and/or flying chips.  The machine was not adequately guarded in that employees were not prevented from accessing the hazard area during operation.    d. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, the employer did not assure that the chuck of the Rockwell drill press #33 (s/n 1602444) was guarded to protect employees from hazards associated with the rotating part.    e. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, the employer did not assure that the chuck of the Snow DR-2 drill press (s/n M39853-674) was guarded to protect employees from hazards associated with the rotating parts.    f. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, the employer did not assure that the chuck of the Snow drill press (s/n 36358-7) was guarded to protect employees from hazards associated with the rotating part.    g. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about August 8, 2014, employees that operated the #2 Brown & Sharpe screw machine (s/n 542-00-7840) were exposed to injuries from the machine's rotating parts, pinch points, and flying chips.  The machine was not adequately guarded in that employees were not prevented from accessing the hazard area during operation.    h. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, employees that operated the #9 Brown & Sharpe screw machine (s/n 542-2-7512-1) were exposed to injuries from the machine's rotating parts, pinch points, and flying chips.  The machine was not adequately guarded in that employees were not prevented from accessing the hazard area during operation.    i. McDaniel Products, Inc. dba Automatic Parts - Mansfield, OH: On or about September 8, 2014, employees that operated the #11 Brown & Sharpe screw machine (s/n 542-2-7806-1) were exposed to injuries from the machine's rotating parts, pinch points, and flying chips.  The machine was not adequately guarded in that employees were not prevented from accessing the hazard area during operation.