OSHA Inspection: XENIA MANUFACTURING, INC

Issued

2016-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $2082.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A-D):    The employer does not ensure that energy control procedures identify the specific steps to follow to isolate and control hazardous energy of machines during servicing and maintenance activities. The employers lockout procedures did not cover:    (1) The magnitude of the electrical and compressed air energy to be controlled.   (2) Procedural steps for an orderly shutdown of the machine.   (3) Procedures for the application of lockout devices.   (4) Procedures for the release of stored energy.  (5) Specific steps for verification that isolation and deenergization has been accomplished.    Employees working to decommission the #4 Komax machine were not provided energy control procedures with specific isolation and control steps and were exposed to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

2016-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:    The employer did not ensure that its employees performing servicing and maintenance of equipment were provided a lock and other hardware to isolate equipment from energy sources.  This violation recently occurred on or about December 29, 2015, when employees were exposed to an electrical shock hazard while decommissioning the #4 Komax machine.

Issued

2016-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i): A procedure was not utilized to afford the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device when servicing and/or maintenance was performed by a crew, craft:     The employer did not ensure that a procedure for group lockout was utilized to afford the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device when a crew decommissioned the #4 Komax.

Issued

2016-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 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 requirements of this standard are being followed:    Employees performed service and maintenance regularly and the employer did not ensure that inspections of the energy control procedures were conducted at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.