NILES, OH —
OSHA Inspection: NILES MFG. & FINISHING, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of NILES MFG. & FINISHING, INC. in 465 WALNUT STREET, NILES, OH 44446 (NAICS 332812). OSHA activity number 339948648.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- NILES MFG. & FINISHING, INC.
- Site address
- 465 WALNUT STREET
- City
- NILES
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44446
- Mailing
- 465 WALNUT STREET, NILES, OH 44446
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 332812
- Employees
- 112
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 D03 I
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,960 · Current $3,960
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including specifying acceptable entry conditions: Employees enter tanks on the hoist line to clean them out; chemicals in the tank include detergent, phosphate, rinse conditioners and Powercron Black coating. Acceptable airborne levels of these chemicals were not established prior to having employees work in the tanks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3960
- — Z (S) $3960
1910.146 D03 VI
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(vi): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit entry operations, including verifying that conditions in the permit space were acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry: Procedures to test the airborne levels of chemicals in the air during tank entry were not established.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D04 I
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide at no cost to the employees testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5): Equipment to test the airborne levels of chemicals in the air during tank entry was not provided.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D05 II
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary to determine if acceptable entry conditions were being maintained during the course of entry operations: On or about August 11, 2014, employees entered the Hoist Line tanks to clean them out and no testing was done to determine exposure to paint, or other chemicals, that had been contained in the tanks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 E01
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,960 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit: On or about August 11, 2014, employees entered the Hoist Line tanks to clean them out and no entry permit was prepared.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $3960
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 339948648.
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