OSHA Inspection: DEL-TRON PRECISION, INC.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2400.00 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.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the CNCs.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.     WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented written step-by-step energy control procedures in the site and machine specifics for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the CNCs.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees.     WORKSHOP:  The employees, as "affected and other types" were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected release of energy sources (lo/to) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the CNCs.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not evaluated the performance of the powered industrial truck (PIT) operator at least once every three years.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not ensured through written certification that the operators of the powered industrial trucks were trained and evaluated as required.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.    WORKSHOP:   The ingoing nip point, created by the lower pulley and belt of the Kalamazoo Industrial Baldor vertical belt sander was unguarded.         ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(I): Projecting shaft ends. Projecting shaft ends shall present a smooth edge and end and shall not project more than one-half the diameter of the shaft unless guarded by nonrotating caps or safety sleeves:  WORKSHOP:   The shaft ends of the following equipment were unguarded.     1.  The end nut of the Kalamazoo Industrial Baldor vertical belt sander.     2.  The end nuts on the following cut off saws.     a.      ACM, left cut off saw. b.      Right cut off saw, unknown identification.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(1): Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not used with safety guard(s):    WORKSHOP:  The DeWalt abrasive grinder was not equipped with side safety guards on both wheels.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.    WORKSHOP:  The DeWalt abrasive grinder was not equipped with work rests on both wheels.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)  WORKSHOP:  The right tongue guard of the DeWalt abrasive grinder was adjusted with an opening more than one-quarter (¼) of an inch from the grinding wheel.  ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not ensured through written certification that the Workplace Hazard Assessment had been performed and completed properly and adequately.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not provided the employees who were optionally wearing filtering facepiece masks with the information contained in Appendix D.

Issued

2016-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.  WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program; including the Globalized Harmonized System (GHS) where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) water soluble coolant and oils.