OSHA Inspection: ALLPOINTS WAREHOUSING EQUIPMENT COMPANY

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that robotic welding systems were not guarded to protect employees from the hazards of thermal, radiation and struck-by hazards.    For the establishment at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016 and 04/22/2016, employees operating and standing/walking near an Almega AX-V6L robotic welder were exposed to the following hazardous conditions:    a) Access to the robot's operations area was not restricted, a perimeter fence was not in place, welding curtains did not contain the operations area, and employees were observed to walk by the robotic welder's operations area while it was in operation. Employees in the area were exposed to arc flash.    b) Employees working in the robot's operations area to setup the robot and walking through the operation's area during operation were exposed to potential eye injuries for the welder's arc flash. Suitable eye protection to protect against the robotic welder's arc was not used.    c) An emergency stop button was located inside the robot's operations area causing employees to enter the operations area to startup the robot. This required the attending employee to be inside the operations area with the robot welding for a brief time.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    a) For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, employees operated forklifts that were missing seat belts exposing employees to struck-by/crushing hazards in event of the forklift tipping over.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, a Toyota forklift, model number 42-6FGU25, that was in service and used by employees was in need of repair in that:    a) Its rear tires had large pieces of rubber missing from them    b) its seat was severely ripped and the wood base of the seat was exposed    c) Its seatbelt was missing    d) A metallic handle/projection coming from the seat created a hazard for employee to contact it while climbing onto or off of the forklift, sustaining injuries.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 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:    For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, employees were exposed to laceration/amputation hazards from unguarded horizontal metal band saws.    a) Saw Hyd-Mech M16-A was missing a blade guard for the unused section of its blade resulting in 1 ft. of the blade being exposed.    b) Saw Hyd-Mech S-23P was missing a blade guard for the unused section of its blade resulting in 1 ft. of the blade being exposed.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  a) For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, employees used a full face sundstrom cartridge respirator while powder coating. The respirator use was optional/voluntary per the company's policy. Employees had not been medically evaluated for use of the respirator and the respirator was dirty in that powder coating material had been deposited inside the respirator.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a) For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, employees used respirators on a voluntary basis and were not provided with the information in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4): Portable fire extinguishers were not maintained in a fully charged and operable condition:  a) For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, a portable fire extinguisher located at a wall inside the building was observed to not be charged.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $350.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:  a) For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33619, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, portable fire extinguishers had not received a maintenance check in the last year.

Issued

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $350.00 Reduced

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) For the facility at 5210 Causeway Blvd., Tampa, FL 33610, as observed on or about 03/30/2016, employees allowed to fight incipient fires were not given training on the general principals of fire extinguisher use.