OSHA Inspection: PRINTING ARTS PRESS, INC

Issued

2016-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1817.00 · Current $1090.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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.    a.  At the work place located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, on or about June 29, 2016 and at times prior, employees were performing maintenance, configuration changes, and adjustments on two MBO Binders. an MBO Folder, two Polar 78 Cutters, and a Kimori Lithrone 528 2026 multi-color printing press without the use of lockout/tagout.  Employees did not de-energize, apply lockout devices, and verify that the hazardous energy sources were isolated prior to performing the work.  Hazardous energy sources included electric, pneumatic, hydraulic and gravity.

Issued

2016-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1817.00 · Current $1090.00 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.    a.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Kimori L-528, Number 2026 multicolor printing press to print brochures, flyers, posters, advertisements and inserts.  Kimori printing press L-528 had unguarded ingoing nip points in the yellow ink module, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    b.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Kimori L-528, Number 2026 multicolor printing press to print brochures, flyers, posters, advertisements and inserts.  Kimori printing press L-528 had unguarded ingoing nip points in the red ink module, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.     c.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Kimori L-528, Number 2026 multicolor printing press to print brochures, flyers, posters, advertisements and inserts.  Kimori printing press L-528 had unguarded ingoing nip points in the blue ink module, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    d.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Kimori L-528, Number 2026 multicolor printing press to print brochures, flyers, posters, advertisements and inserts.  Kimori printing press L-528 had unguarded ingoing nip points in the black ink module, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    e.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Kimori L-528, Number 2026 multicolor printing press to print brochures, flyers, posters, advertisements and inserts.  Kimori printing press L-528 had unguarded ingoing nip points in the brown ink module, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    f.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Ryobi 3302H mail processing unit to process large batches of mass mailings.  Ryobi 3302H had unguarded ingoing nip points between the printing and processing modules, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    g.  At the work site located at 8028 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio, employees used a Paragon 1947-0000 SN 0208 0005 ink-jetting stream feeder to place and print labels on materials for mailing. The Paragon stream feeder had unguarded ingoing nip points in the processing unit, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.