OSHA Inspection: WESSELY-THOMPSON HARDWARE, INC.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:   Wood Department, On or about November 20, 2014, employees were exposed to amputation hazards when using a Yates American table saw serial #A1186, which did not have a guard covering the saw blade, while ripping lumber and plastic sheets.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:  Wood Department, On or about November 20, 2014, employees were exposed to amputation hazards when using a Yates American table saw serial #A1186, which did not have a spreader on the table saw, while ripping lumber and plastic strips.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  Wood Department, On or about November 20, 2014, employees were exposed to amputation hazards when using a Yates American table saw serial #A1186, which did not have non kickback fingers on the table saw, while ripping lumber and plastic strips.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:   Hardware Department, Key Making Area, On or about November 20, 2014, employee was exposed to struck-by hazards when using a Bench Grinder model #TB11052X, which had a work rest, but was adjusted at five sixteenth inch, instead of one eighth inch from the stone, while deburring key tails.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:  Hardware Department, Key Making Area, On or about November 20, 2014, employee was exposed to struck-by hazards when using the Bench Grinder model #TB11052X, which did not have a tongue guard on the stone side, while deburring key tails.