OSHA Inspection: STAR R FOAM MANUFACTURING

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.101(b): The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks were not in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in CFR 1910.6:     Southside of the boiler room, compressed gas cylinders of oxygen and acetylene were free standing on the ground and not secured.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146    In the molding machine, employees were working inside a permit required confined space, and the employer did not develop and implement a confined space entry program.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3000.00 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.    Inside the molding machine; employees were performing maintenance and the employer had not develop and implemented a program to address the unexpected release of steam and other mechanical energy sources.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(c): Storage areas were not kept free from accumulation of materials that constituted hazards from tripping, fire, explosion or pest harborage.    Bead storage room, employees were potentially exposed to a fire or explosion from pentane gas accumulation.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5400.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    Employees operating the forklift were neither properly trained nor certified.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(6): Powered industrial trucks were altered so that the relative positions of the various parts were different from what they were when originally received from the manufacturer, by the addition of extra parts not provided by the manufacturer, or by the elimination of any parts without the manufacturer's approval:    In the production areas and outside, a forklift was operated with a job made front end attachment used to fill hoppers with beads.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting.    North of the molding area, employees were working near a shaft from a motor that feed beads to the expansion process that was not covered.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed.    In the molding area, the conveyor for the molding machine had unguarded chain and sprockets.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap.    South wall of production floor, an electrical motor was powered by a cord that had been spliced.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(j)(3)(i): Appliances had live parts normally exposed to employee contact.     In the molding area, the Carcano No. 781123 control station had a missing cover.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident  In the gluing are; the circuit breakers in the Siemens electrical panel were not labeled.