OSHA Inspection: SHEW BROTHERS INC.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.101(b) CGA Pamphlet P-1-1965.3.4.4 Before using cylinder, be sure it is properly supported to prevent it from be knocked over.      Employees were exposed to projectile struck by hazards; a cylinders was left unsecured.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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:    The employer had not established an energy control (lockout/tagout) program for employees who preform servicing and maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to, Niacara press brake.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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):    Employees were operating forklifts that were in need of repair:     a) Caterpillar V400 had a broken windshield.       b) Clark GCX15E was being used without operational breaks.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(5): Avoidance of duplicative training. If an operator has previously received training in a topic specified in paragraph (l)(3) of this section, and such training is appropriate to the truck and working conditions encountered, additional training in that topic is not required if the operator has been evaluated and found competent to operate the truck safely:    The employer failed to conduct an evaluation of employees operating forklifts who had received training in the past from another company.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    The following equipment did not prevent the operator from reaching over, under, through or around the guard:    a.) Piranha P50 ironworker  b.) Niacara No IL-12  c.) Long & Allstatter No D

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:      Employees were exposed to fire and explosion hazards due to fuel cylinder, stored next to oxygen cylinders without having a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least 1/2 hour.