OSHA Inspection: CHAMTEK MFG., INC.

Issued

Jun 4, 2015

Abate by

Jul 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 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) On or about 05/22/15 in the Sheet Metal shop; employer failed to protect employees involved in die changing on the Amada press brakes from caught between hazards by allowing employees to take the pressure off the bed while leaving the machine operational during die changes.            ABATEMENT CERTFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,040 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, created by the pim machine caught between hazard, horizontal band saw unused portion of the blade not guarded contact hazard:    a) On or about 05/22/15 in the Sheet Metal area; employer failed to protect employees who operate the Marvel brand horizontal band saw from contact with a moving saw blade when the unused portion of the blade was not guarded.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 4, 2015

Abate by

Jul 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    a) On or about 05/22/15 in the Sheet Metal area; employer failed to protect employees who operate the Amada brand press brakes ( RG-100 & RG 50 ) from caught between hazards during the bending and shaping of various parts.      b) a) On or about 05/22/15 in the Sheet Metal area; employer failed to protect employees who operate the pem machine from caught between hazards when the ram opening was 2 inches and the employee's fingers were as close as 1/2 inch.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(5): The angular exposure of grinding wheel periphery and sides for safety guards used on surface grinding machine(s) employing the wheel periphery exceeded 150 degrees:    a) On or about 05/22/15 in the grinding area; employer failed to protect employees who operated the surface grinder, FSG-618M, from caught on hazards of the moving grinding wheel, when they allowed the machine to be used with the wheel not guarded and the guard laid on the side of machine.        NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 4, 2015

Abate by

Jul 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     a) On or about 05/22/15 throughout the shop; employer failed to protect employees from the hazards associated with handling hazardous chemicals, such as but not limited to, Emersol Solvent ( combustible), when they did not develop a written hazard communication program.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED