OSHA Inspection: STAHL SPECIALTY COMPANY

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    The employer is failing to protect employees from potential hazards caused by unexpected machine energization during maintenance activities.  This was most recently documented on February 15th 2016, at the Stahl Specialty Company facility located at 1301 Stahl Drive in Warrensburg, Missouri, when employees were performing maintenance activities on the Laempe LFB50_H Sand Core machine, located in the Sand Core Department.  The company was unable to produce written machine-specific lockout / tagout procedures for the subject machine, as well as other machines used in production.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not 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:      The employer is failing to protect employees from the hazards of unexpected machine activation or energization during maintenance operations.  This was most recently documented on February 15th, 2016, at the Stahl Specialty Company facility located at 1301 Stahl Drive in Warrensburg, Missouri, in the Sand Core Department where authorized employees were performing maintenance on a Laempe LFB50_H Sand Core machine without having been adequately trained in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:      The employer is failing to protect employees from the hazard of unexpected machine energization and/or movements during maintenance activities.  This was most recently documented as having occurred on February 15, 2016, at the Stahl Specialty Company facility located at 1301 Stahl Drive in Warrensburg, Missouri, where:    (a) employees were performing maintenance on the Laempe LFB50_H Sand Core Machine (#5527) without an authorized person installing a safety pin in its proper (uppermost) position to arrest any potential downward movement of the ram during the maintenance activity, and    (b) an employee was performing normal production operations clean-outs of the Core Box on the second Laempe Sand Core Machine, Model LB50_H, Serial No. 110741 which required him to physically enter the core box without lockout / tagout devices being applied by an authorized person to isolate the machine from multiple energy sources including electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic sources.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Mar 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i): When outside servicing personnel were engaged in activities in a facility, the onsite employer and the outside employer did not inform each other of their respective lockout or tagout procedures:      The employer is failing to protect employees from the hazard of unexpected machine energization during the performance of a maintenance activity.  This was most recently documented on February 15, 2016, at the Stahl Specialty Company facility located at 1301 Stahl Drive in Warrensburg, Missouri, when an outside contractor was onsite assisting with maintenance on a Laempe LFB50_H Sand Core machine, and the host employer and contractor failed to inform each other of their respective lockout or tagout procedures.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $12,471 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(g)(1)(v): Pendant control box(es) were not clearly marked for identification of functions:      The employer is failing to protect employees from the hazard of uncontrolled crane and/or load movements caused by either no markings or illegible markings on a pendant control.  This was most recently documented on February 16, 2016, in the Sand Core department at the Stahl facility located at 1301 Stahl Drive in Warrensburg, Missouri, where employees had used a pendant-controlled 5-ton Demag crane which had either no marking or illegible markings on its pendant controls.      The Stahl Specialty Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315537894, citation number 01, item number 007, and was affirmed as a final order on October 20, 2011, with respect to a workplace located at 111 E. Pacific Street, Kingsville, Missouri 64061.