OSHA Inspection: MONOVISION MACHINE, LLC

Issued

Oct 8, 2015

Abate by

Nov 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $600 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:    On and before August 19, 2015, the employer did not have a lockout tagout program for machinery such as but not limited to a Monarch lathe.

Issued

Oct 8, 2015

Abate by

Nov 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    On and before August 19, 2015, the employer did not ensure that employees were trained in the use of portable fire extinguishers.

Issued

Oct 8, 2015

Abate by

Nov 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    On and before August 19, 2015, forklift operator training and evaluation was not provided for employees who use the forklift to move material and parts from outside the building to inside the shop.

Issued

Oct 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to hazards such as, but not limited to, hazards created by point of opertion, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    On and before August 19, 2015, the employer did not ensure that the horizontal rotating shredder roll shaft being machined in the Monarch lather was properly guarded.

Issued

Oct 8, 2015

Abate by

Nov 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    On and before August 19, 2015, the employer did not have a hazard communication program for metal working fluids such as but not limited to cutting oil and lubrication for parts during machining.