OSHA Inspection: O.E.S., INC.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points.    Bldg. 660, Inventory Office: Employee emergency exit access obstructed by the placement of the employee's desk and other furniture restricting the emergency exit access to 26 inches.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $2800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:    Bldg. 659, Bay 3: Employees were exposed to potential injury from falling boxes where small boxes on the third and fourth levels of the warehouse storage racks were loosely stacked or leaning against other stacks of boxes.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1): Non-working portion(s) of the blade of bandsaw(s) were not enclosed or guarded:    Bldg. 658, Bay 3 Woodshop: Employees were exposed to injury where the blade guard left two and seven eighths inches of the blade exposed during use.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment: Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)    Bldg. 658, Bay 3 Woodshop: Employees were exposed to injury when the tongue guard was adjusted to one and three-eighths inches from the surface of the grinding wheel.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:    Bldg. 658, Bay 3 Woodshop: Employees used compressed air for cleaning at 120 p.s.i.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 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:    (a) Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: A custom made extension cord in use by employees was made from a flexible cord spliced into an electrical receptacle box.   (b) Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: Two extension cords were connected in series to provide 120VAC service to portable heaters.  (c) Bldg. 659, Bay 2: A microwave oven was plugged into a power strip.  (d) Bldg. 658, Bay 3: A refrigerator was plugged into a power strip.  (e) Bldg. 658, Bay 3: Two power strips were connected in series to provide 120VAC service to electrical equipment.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:    (a) Bldg. 660, Bay 3, Supply: Boxes were stored in front of an electrical panel  (b) Bldg. 660, Bay 2, Focus Shop: Rolls of plastic wrap were stored in front of an electrical shut off panel  (c) Bldg. 660, Bay 3, Receiving: Boxes and other material were stored in front of an electrical shut off panel

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $4000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(b)(4)(ii)(B): Where connected to a branch circuit supplying two or more receptacles or outlets, a receptacle may not supply a total cord- and plug-connected load in excess of the maximum specified in Table S-4:    Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: A 20 amp branch circuit supplying two or more receptacle outlets was supplying a load of 31.5 amps where table S-4 indicates the maximum load is 16 amps.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    Bldg. 660, Bay 3: Employees exposed to inadvertent contact with conductors where an unused opening in an electric receptacle outlet box was not closed.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(D): Flexible cords and cables were attached to building surfaces:    (a) Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: a flexible cord was wrapped around electric conduit on the wall.  (b) Bldg. 658, Bay 3, a flexible cord was fastened to the wall with metal clips.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $4000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposes an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service:    Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: The outer jacket of a flexible cord in use by employees had sections missing and pulled back from the receptacle end of the cord.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(3)(ii): Attachment plugs and receptacles were connected or altered in a manner which prevented proper continuity of the electric equipment grounding conductor at the point where plugs were attached to receptacles:    Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: A flexible cord in use by employees had the grounding pin removed.

Issued

2015-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $4000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(b)(2): The repetitive manual reclosing of circuit breakers or reenergizing electric power and lighting circuits through replaced fuses was not prohibited:  Bldg. 660, Bay 1, Raw Stock Area: Employees repetitively reset the circuit breaker for the receptacle outlet in their break area.