OSHA Inspection: COMPONENT BAR PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Mar 2, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,410 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i):   The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard were being followed.  Component Bar Products, Inc. did not conduct periodic inspections.  The company had not reviewed the procedures or conducted periodic inspections on the authorized employees for various machines to include several milling machines, horizontal lathes, and Hydromats.

Issued

Mar 2, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,410 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1):  A powered industrial truck was found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck and was not  be taken out of service until it had been restored to safe operating condition.  1/29/2015, an employee was operating an unsafe powered industrial truck and another forklift was in need of repair and not removed from service.  The following forklifts were on site and not removed from service:  a)      Nissan #50 was in operation.  The LPG tank was not properly placed on the indexing pin to prevent a LPG release. b)      Nissan #60 did not have any covers on the pedals to prevent operators feet from slipping off while in operation.  The paint was worn of and bare metal exposed.

Issued

Mar 2, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7):                     Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service.  Such examination was not made at least daily.   Component Bar Products, Inc. had not examined powered industrial trucks daily.  Two forklifts needed maintenance.  Nissan forklift #50 had an improperly installed LPG tank and Nissan forklift #60 had bare metal on the operators pedals.  Neither forklift had defects identified nor had the forklifts been removed from service.

Issued

Mar 2, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $4,410 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):   Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks.  On 1/29/2015, employees from Component Bar Products, Inc. were exposed to hazards such as those created by point of operation, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks.  The following machines did not have guards:  a)  A Bridgeport milling machine, an Acer milling machine and a Trump horizontal lathe, model # 1340 GH in in machining area.  b)  An Acer lathe, a Schaublin lathe and Bridgeport milling machine in the rebuild area.  c)  A Dake horizontal band saw in the plant near the Hydromats

Issued

Mar 2, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,890 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(b):   Anchoring fixed machinery. Machines designed for a fixed location were not securely anchored to prevent walking or moving.   On 1/29/2015, Component Bar Products, Inc. had not securely anchored a Sunex Tools 8 inch pedestal grinder, Model 5002A, to the floor in the maintenance area.

Issued

Mar 2, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, were not 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 were exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top exceeded one-fourth inch.  On 1/29/2015, an employee from Component Bar Products, Inc. was exposed to struck-by hazards.  The tongue guard on a Sunex Tools 8 inch pedestal grinder, Model 5002A, was not adjusted to one-fourth inch.