OSHA Inspection: A&M CREATIVE GROUP INC

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B):  The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:      Machine specific procedures were not developed for equipment including, but not limited to, the Verson press brake and spot welders.  The procedures in place only covered the electrical disconnect and did not address other energy sources including, flywheel mechanical energy, pneumatic (air used for the clutch) and blocking to control gravitational energy.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i):  Lockout or tag out devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:      Employees who replace belts or perform other minor maintenance on machines including, but not limited to,  press brake and spot welders,  did not apply locks or tag out devices to each energy source.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(4): Employees who have been designated to use firefighting equipment as a part of the emergency action plan were not provided training in the use of appropriate equipment upon initial assignment and at least annually thereafter:       Two employees on the site were selected to fight incipient stage fires; these employees were not trained.       Employer may exercise one of the following options.       1.  Provide portable fire extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR1910.157(c)(1), meet the distribution requirements per 29 CFR1910.157(d) (75 feet to the nearest extinguisher for Class A fires and 50 feet 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 firefighting as required 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 sounding of the fire alarm, establish this in writing in an emergency action plan as outlined in 29 CFR1910.38(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 29CFR 1910.38(a) and (b).  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 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

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii):  The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck:      Employees who drive fork trucks on the site have not been trained.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point of operation of machinery was not guarded to prevent employees from having any part of their body in the danger zone during operating cycle:       The Verson press brake operated by a foot pedal, did not have any other point of operation guarding.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area:      Employees who were exposed to fumes from welding did not have did not have access to the safety data sheets for steel which contains the hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, iron, manganese, nickel and chromium.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Dec 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area:    Employees who were exposed to fumes from welding were not trained in the hazard of the metal fume including but not limited to, iron, manganese, nickel and chromium, to which they were exposed.