OSHA Inspection: PEERLESS-PREMIER APPLIANCE CO.

Issued

Feb 12, 2016

Abate by

Mar 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,240 · Current $2,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a platform 54 inches from the ground. The platform did not have standard railings (or equivalent).

Issued

Feb 12, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,050 · Current $3,038 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, including, but not limited to:     Employees preforming servicing and maintenance on presses, power brakes, furnace, and boiler did not have energy control procedures specificity with the following.     (1) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy;  (2) Specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.      Employees relyed on energy control procedures that did not adequately address verification specificity of the mechanical flywheel on the press and thermal energy on the furnace and boiler.

Issued

Feb 12, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,050 · Current $3,038 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:    The employer required employees to perform servicing and maintenance and did not ensure that periodic inspections of the utilized energy control procedures were conducted at least annually; to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed.

Issued

Feb 12, 2016

Abate by

Mar 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,240 · Current $2,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) did not cover the actions listed in and was not done in sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6):     Employees who clear jams on the parts washer were not required to:    (1) Know the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy,  (2) Turn off and shut down the machines,   (3) Physically locate and operate energy isolating devices in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source,    (4) Affix lockout or tagout devices to each energy isolating device,  (5) Prior to starting work on machines that have been locked out or tagged out, verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.       Lockout was not accomplished when going into the parts cleaner to clear part that have fell off the parts hangar.