OSHA Inspection: NATIONAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY, LLC

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Aug 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,700 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) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspection has not been developed or implemented to protect employees from hazards while servicing textile machinery.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,700 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) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, the feed rolls of an industrial carding machine were not guarded.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(a)(3): The sides and face sections nip points of the drive belt(s) and pulley(s) of textile machinery were not guarded by a guard which extended at least six inches beyond the rim of the pulley on the in-running and off-running sides of the belt and at least two inches away from the rim and face of the pulley in all other directions:    (a) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, the drive belts and pulleys of an industrial carding machine were not guarded.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:    (a) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, the projecting shaft ends of the feed rolls of an industrial carding machine were not guarded and projected more than one half of their diameter.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    (a) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, the sprocket wheels and chains of an industrial carding machine were not enclosed where less than seven feet above the floor.    (b) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, the sprocket wheels and chains of a knitter were not enclosed where less than seven feet above the floor.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Aug 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $700 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.:    (a) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, compressed air used to clean fibers from an industrial carding machine was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Abate by

Jul 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) (LOCATION) (IDENTIFY EQUIPMENT AND CONDITION(S)) (STATE HAZARD(S) TO EMPLOYEE(S))    (a) Location - 15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA:    On or about 5/8/2015, the working space about electrical installations in the rear of the facility was used for storage.

Issued

May 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours:    On or about 4/24/2015, a work place incident resulting in the in-patient hospitalization of an employee was not reported to OSHA within twenty-four hours.