OSHA Inspection: PANEL TRUSS - HEARNE, LLC

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $9,603 · Current $6,722 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 working with a finish press roller without the safety bar and limit switches checked daily, exposing the employees to the hazard of being caught and pulled into the rollers.    On or about 18 June 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees working with an Alpine Finish Press Roller ran trusses through the machine without checking daily the functionality of the safety bar and limit switches prior to work, exposing the employees to the hazard of being caught in the machine.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,487 · Current $3,841 Reduced

Hazardous substances 92109211

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.    On or about 20 June 2016, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not keep the shop floor clean and orderly of excessive sawdust, which had collected upon and underneath electrical components, upon an elevated bracket near a support column, and upon elevated water pipes, rafters, and support structures, exposing the employees to a flash fire hazard.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $9,603 · Current $6,722 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.    On or about 18 June 2016, and at times prior thereto, an Alpine Finish Press did not have guarding in place to prevent employees from reaching into the rotating rollers of the press, exposing the employees to the hazard of being caught in the machine.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $630 · Current $441 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A Log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed in the detail as required by the regulation.    At the inspection site, for calendar year 2016, the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses was not completed in the detail required for column F regarding the injury or illness, parts of body affected, and object/substance that directly injured or made person ill.  a) Cases 1 and 2 did not identify which specific hand or finger was cut.  b) Cases 1 and 2 did not identify what object/substance directly caused the injury.