OSHA Inspection: SYNCRO CORPORATION

Issued

2015-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3825.00 · Current $2295.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  (a) On or about 10/22/14 - Electronic engineering area, maintenance and engineering employees perform servicing and maintenance activities on FUJI SMT machines without utilizing machine specific control of hazardous energy procedures for electrical and pneumatic energy sources.  (b) On or about 10/22/14 - CNC Machining area, maintenance and operators are performing servicing and maintenance activities on various CNC machines without utilizing specific control of hazardous energy procedures for electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic energy sources.  (c) On or about 10/22/14 - Injection molding area, maintenance and operators are performing servicing and maintenance activities on various injection molding machines without utilizing specific control of hazardous energy procedures for electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic energy sources.  -

Issued

2015-02-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4590.00 · Current $2754.00 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) On or about 10/22/14 - Machine Shop, the South Bend horizontal lathe did not have chuck guards installed.  (b) On or about 10/22/14 - Machine Shop, the Delta drill press did not have a chuck guard installed.  (c) On or about 10/22/14 - Machine Shop, the Bridgeport milling & drilling machine did not have a chuck guard installed.  (d) On or about 10/22/14 - Machine Shop, the Summit milling & drilling machine did not have a chuck guard installed.

Issued

2015-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3060.00 · Current $1836.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:  (a) On or about 10/22/14  Faye Hawkins molding area, a frayed SO flexible cord was used to extend the branch circuits of the facility.