NEW BERLIN, WI —
OSHA Inspection: BAUER SIGN & LIGHTING CO., INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of BAUER SIGN & LIGHTING CO., INC. in 2500 S 170 ST, NEW BERLIN, WI 53151 (NAICS 339950). OSHA activity number 340911650.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BAUER SIGN & LIGHTING CO., INC.
- Site address
- 2500 S 170 ST
- City
- NEW BERLIN
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53151
- Mailing
- 2500 S 170 ST, NEW BERLIN, WI 53151
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 339950
- Employees
- 28
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 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 did not ensure that a hazardous energy control program was established.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2100
- — Z (S) $3500
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 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) For the Accu-Bend machine, located in the fabrication area, the employer did not ensure that procedures were developed for the control of hazardous energy.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.212 A03 II
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 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) The employer did not ensure the manually-operated sheer machine located in the fabrication area was guarded.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2940
- — Z (S) $4900
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2015
- Abate by
- Oct 15, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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. (a) The employer did not report an amputation involving a sheer machine within twenty-four hours.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 340911650.
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