OSHA Inspection: POLAR FOCUS, INC.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    JET CNC Miller, 20 Industrial Drive east Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 4, 2014: a CNC miller machine was observed which did not have one or more guards to prevent employee contact with moving work table connected to milling machine exposing employees to struck by and caught by hazards.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    20 Industrial Drive East Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 3, 2014: employees were using machines whose point of operation was not guarded to prevent employees from having any part of their body in the danger zone.    (a) Drill press, Valu-Craft, model 8100, machine shop.  (b) Drill press, Shop Fox, model W1680, machine shop.  (c) Milling machine, Jet, model JTM-4VS, machine shop.    Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  20 Industrial Drive Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 4, 2014, equipment was observed that was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing and labeling.  (a) Office, 4x4 metal handy box with knock outs powering residential lighting. (3 instances) (b) Welding machines, 4x4 handy box with knock outs powering welders. (c) Office,  bay door, RPT, plugged into red extension cord. (d) Office, brown, 6ft. extension cord plugged into suspended black extension cord.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.  20 Industrial Drive East, Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 4, 2014, employees were observed working in and around electrical panels which did not have unused openings closed to prevent accidental access to energized parts.  (a) Storage room, breaker panel, open breaker space inside panel cabinet. (b) Storage room, breaker panel, open knockout, left side of outer panel casing.   Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(xi): Cable assemblies and flexible cords and cables were not supported in place at intervals that ensure that they will be protected from physical damage:  20 Industrial Drive East, Unit 2, On or about December 4, 2014, flexible cords were found to be unsupported as to prevent physical damage to them.  (a) Storage room, power panel, flexible cord powering air compressor was not supported.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    20 Industrial Drive East, Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 4, 2014, electrical panel of 600 nominal volts or less were found to be blocked preventing safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 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:    Upstairs office, 20 Industrial Drive East, Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 4, 2014, employees were observed working around temporary power cords which were used in lieu of permanent wiring.    (a) Up stairs office near bay door, red extension cord run over balcony doorway,  powering lights and computers.  (b) Up stairs office, adjacent central power drop pole, black extension cord tied to ceiling grid, powering light fixture.

Issued

2015-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(B): 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)B: Unless specifically permitted otherwise in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this section, flexible cords and cables may not be used to run through holes in walls, ceilings, or floors.    20 Industrial Drive Unit 2, South Deerfield, MA: On or about December 4, 2014, flexible cords were found running through walls that were otherwise not permitted to.    (a) Storage Room, power panel, flexible cord running through wall to power air compressor on other side.  (b) Shop floor, flexible cable above Jet CNC Miller, going through wall, powering electrical drop.