OSHA Inspection: ALUMINUM METALWORKS, LLC

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 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)    Entire Facility:  The employer had not developed an energy control program for employees that perform maintenance work on equipment such as the Slitter Machine and Band Saw as determined on January 20, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    (a)    Production Area: Employees that had been trained to operate forklifts by previous employers were not evaluated when hired to determine their knowledge and ability to safely operate the forklifts including, but not limited to, knowing the manufacturers' requirement to use a seatbelt while operating the forklift as determined on January 20, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  (a)    Production Area:  Employees that operate the Hyster forklifts and were trained after being hired were not evaluated on the forklifts at least every three years as determined on January 20, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(2): Runways four feet or more above floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent) and toeboards:    (a)  Overhead Crane Support Beam:  Employees have to walk along the North side steel girder that supports the overhead cranes to reset the crane's on switch approximately twice a year.  The employees were not protected from a fall hazard of approximately forty-five feet by a standard railing at all points while walking on the crane support girder runway due to the presence of I-beams coming through the runway that the employees have to go around as determined on January 20, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(a)(1): Scaffolds were not furnished and erected in accordance with this standard for persons engaged in work that cannot be done safely from the ground or from solid construction:    (a)  Aluminum Slitter Line:  Employees were climbing out onto the moveable arm of the Aluminum Slitter machine to replace the paper roll and were not protected from a fall distance of eight and a half feet off of the out feed end of the machine as determined on January 20, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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)    The Moak Band Saw, serial number 9438, did not have the guard adjusted to cover the six inch section of unused blade when cutting the smaller size fiber board cores as determined on January 20, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  (a) Entire facility:  An educational program on the use of the types of fire extinguishers on site and the hazards of incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to employees as determined on January 27, 2016.

Issued

2016-03-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(ii)(c): Control systems shall be maintained to assure correct functioning of components.    (a)  The on button was not functional on the pendant controls of the two overhead cranes as determined on January 20, 2016.