OSHA Inspection: BANKER GRATING, LLC

Issued

Apr 8, 2015

Abate by

May 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,150 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) The employer failed to implement a control of hazardous energy program (lockout/tagout) for employees which regularly conduct maintenance activities on machinery in the facility. This exposed employees to amputation hazards.

Issued

Apr 8, 2015

Abate by

May 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  (a) The employer failed to develop and implement written energy control procedures for machinery with more than one energy source. This exposed employees to amputation hazards.

Issued

Apr 8, 2015

Abate by

May 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees:  (a) The employer did not provide employees engaged in servicing/maintaining and or un-jamming machinery/equipment at the facility with training on the proper techniques, means, and methods to isolate/de-energize/dissipate hazardous energy. This exposed employees to entanglement and amputation hazards.

Issued

Apr 8, 2015

Abate by

May 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.  (a) The employer failed to ensure that employees which operate the powered industrial vehicles (forklifts) in the facility were provided with training, testing, and an evaluation of their competency prior to allowing them to operated the equipment. This exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Apr 8, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 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:  (a) The employer did not ensure that the powered industrial vehicles (forklifts) were inspected prior to being put into service. This exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Apr 8, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was 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:  (a) The employer did not ensure that the metal cutting die area and straightening rollers on the Tishken Bar Straightening Machine were guarded to prevent employees from accessing the hazard zones while the machine is in operation. This exposed employees to amputation and entanglement hazards.