OSHA Inspection: A & A MACHINE CO. INC.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  (a) Production Workshop Area  On or about January 7, 2015, an employee performed various duties in the production work area where lockout/tag out hardware was used, but the company had not yet developed a lockout/tag out program, exposing employees to injury.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:  (a) Production Workshop Area  On or about January 7, 2015, an employee performed various duties in the production work area where lockout/tag out hardware is used, but the employer had not received awareness-level lockout/tag out training, exposing employees to injury.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 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:   a) Production Work Area, East wall, Next to Front Door: On or about January 7, 2015, employees used a DoAll vertical band saw with a blade that was inadequately guarded, exposing the operator to a point-of-operation/laceration hazard.       b) Production Work Area, Shipping Department: On or about January 7, 2015, employees used a Powermatic vertical band saw that had a blade that was inadequately guarded, exposing the operator to a point-of-operation/laceration hazard.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 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:   a) Tool Room Area: On or about January 7, 2015, an employee used a Dayton Dual-Wheel bench grinder that had a work-rest not properly of adjusted, exposing employees to potential injury from flying debris.      b) Shipping Work Area: On or about January 7, 2015, an employee used a Dayton Pedestal grinder that had a work-rest not properly of adjusted, exposing employees to potential injury from flying debris.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a) Tool Room Area: On or about January 7, 2015, employees used two unlabeled spray bottles of a lubricant to service parts and equipment, but the employer did not have a written Hazard Communication Program to provide right-to-know information and training to employees.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer used written materials, such as signs, placards, process sheets, or batch tickets in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers that failed to identify the container(s) to which they were applicable and did not convey the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5):  a) Tool Room Area: On or about January 7, 2015, employees used two spray bottles of a lubricant to service parts and equipment, but the bottle was not labeled, tagged or marked to indicate its contents, exposing employees to safety and or health hazards.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)  a) Tool Room Area: On or about January 7, 2015, employees were assigned various job tasks, to include the use/handle of lubricants to service parts and equipment, but no safety data sheets were available to employees in the work place.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Abate by

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Tool Room Area: On or about January 7, 2015, employees used two unlabeled spray bottles of a lubricant to service parts and equipment, but the employer had not provided employees with Hazard Communication training, exposing employees to health hazards.