OSHA Inspection: BIO-MED DEVICES, INC.

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not assessed the workplace to determine necessitate and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees.      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Abate by

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment (PPE).   WORKSHOP: The employees, required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) were not provided with training and information on the Workplace Hazard Assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE).

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 15601730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(g)(2): Eating and drinking areas. No employee shall be allowed to consume food or beverages in a toilet room nor in any area exposed to a toxic material.    WORKSHOP:  Employees were allowed to consume water, coffee, and juices while handling chemicals, such as (but not limited to) alcohol, threadlocker, and methylene chloride.    ABATED DURNG THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 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 rotating chuck of the ENCO lathe was unguarded.        ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.    WORKSHOP:  The point-of-operation of the Supermax milling machine was unguarded.        ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 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 left abrasive wheel of the Grizzly bench grinder was not equipped with a work rest.      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 left abrasive wheel of the Grizzly bench grinder was not equipped with a tongue guard.      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(iv): Overcurrent devices shall be readily accessible to each employee or authorized building management personnel. These overcurrent devices may not be located where they will be exposed to physical damage or in the vicinity of easily ignitable material.    WORKSHOP:  The EP-6 electrical panel having built-in overcurrent protection devices was blocked with a recycle bin left/stored under the panel.      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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, material 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 where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) alcohol, threadlocker and methylene chloride.        ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

May 20, 2016

Abate by

Jul 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) alcohols, threadlocker, and methylene chloride were not provided with training and information in the chemical hazard communications.

Issued

May 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(1): The employer shall be responsible for the inspection, maintenance and testing of all portable fire extinguishers in the workplace.  WORKSHOP:  The following fire extinguishers were blocked and not inspected:    1.  ABC portable fire extinguisher.        2.  ABC portable fire extinguisher in the office kitchen.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION