OSHA Inspection: SPIROS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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) Employer's lockout program did not clearly distinguish between single energy source, multiple energy source (if any) and cord/plug controlled machines.

Issued

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $2975.00

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)    PC2-1 Spring Forming Machine:  The PC2-1 machine did not have associated mechanical operations guarded, exposing employees to pinching and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) PC2-1 Spring Forming Machine:  The PC2-1 machine did not have the point of operation effectively guarded, in that the barrier guarding installed allowed inspection personnel and machine set-up operators to reach into the point of operation.  This exposed employees to a pinching and struck-by hazard.