OSHA Inspection: BREITINGER COMPANY

Issued

Aug 13, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $5,390

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)  On or about June 23, 2015, the employer did not ensure that machine specific energy control procedures were developed, documented and utilized to control the electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic energy sources when employees perform maintenance, servicing or set up on machines associated with the body line.  Employees were exposed to caught-in or struck by hazards when performing such tasks on these machines.

Issued

Aug 13, 2015

Abate by

Sep 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $0 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 requirement of this standard were being followed:     a)  On or about June 23, 2015, the employer did not conduct annual audits of its energy control procedure to assure that proper lockout/tagout procedures and requirements were being followed.  The lack of procedure audits exposed employees to crushing hazards in that adequate machine isolation was not being followed when employees accessed hazard areas of machines while performing set up and other maintenance activities.

Issued

Aug 13, 2015

Abate by

Sep 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):     a)  On or about June 23, 2015, the employer did not ensure that employees isolated the electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic energy sources on the machines associated with the body line prior to engaging in set up and maintenance operations.  Employees were exposed to caught-in or crushing hazards if the machines were to unexpectedly start.

Issued

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $9,432 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)  On or about June 16, 2015, the employer did not assure that the hydraulic cylinder on the flanging machine was guarded.  An employee suffered an amputation injury when the cylinder moved creating a pinch point.            Breitinger Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.212(a)(3)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 911597, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on August 2, 2013 with respect to a workplace located at 595 Oakenwald Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio.