OSHA Inspection: STAINLESS UNLIMITED, INC.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8730.00 · Current $4365.00 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:    On or about July 28, 2016, the employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspection to ensure that before Maintenance employees and Mazak operators performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment the machine or equipment was isolated form the energy sources and rendered inoperative.    All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.147(c) through (f) must be covered in a lockout/tagout program. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following:    1)  Written energy control procedures  2)  Periodic evaluations of procedures  3)  Authorized and Affected employee training  4)  Written procedures for group lockout

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  On or about July 28, 2016, the employer did not develop, document or utilize procedures for the control of potentially hazardous energy when Mazak Operators and Maintenance employees were changing chucks of the Mazak laser cutter and were exposed to electrical and hydraulic powered equipment which were not deenergized.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8730.00 · Current $4365.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):    On or about July 28, 2016, employees did not physically locate or operate isolation devices for electrical and hydraulic energy of the Mazak laser cutter when Mazak Operators were conducing setup by changing out chucks and when Maintenance employees conducted maintenance on the chucks of the Mazak.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6236.00 · Current $3118.00 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:    On July 28, 2016, the employer did ensure one or more methods of machine guarding were provided on the Mazak laser cutter to protect the Mazak Operator from:    a.  The laser's point of operation, the rotating stainless tube being cut, the moving parts catcher or the moving parts of the C2 and C3 pipe holders/movers. The door of the Mazak laser cutter's enclosure was equipped with interlocks; however, the interlocks did not work and the Mazak Operator could access the enclosure while the equipment was still moving,    b.  The moving C1 and C4 pipe holder/movers located outside the laser enclosure to the right and left, respectively, of the laser operating station. The installed light curtains are not rated to be used as a barrier guard,    c.  The ingoing nip points of the eight (8) chain driven pipe feeders located outside laser enclosure. Four (4) which serviced the C1 pipe holder/mover and four (4) which serviced the C4 pipe holder presented ingoing nip points outside of the light curtain guarded area.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1871.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(vi): The employer did not perform additional monitoring when there had been a change in the production process, raw materials, equipment, personnel, work practices, or control methods that resulted or may have resulted in new or additional exposures to chromium (VI), or when the employer had any reason to believe that new or additional exposures had occurred:    On or about July 28, 2016, the employer had not performed additional monitoring when there had been a change in the production process, equipment, personnel and work practices due to the installation of the Mazak laser cutter which resulted in new exposures to chromium (VI) for Mazak Operators.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): The employer had not included chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program, established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200, ensured that each employee had access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and was trained in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard and 29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2), including the contents of the Chromium (VI) Standard, the purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program, and made copies of this standard available to all affected employees:   On or about July 28, 2016, the employer had not trained employees on the sources of chromium (VI) at the facility, the hazards/symptoms of chromium (VI) exposure, how to protect against exposures to chromium (VI) and the contents of the Chromium (VI) Standard when employees were welding, laser cutting and plasma cutting on stainless steel.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(iii): The employer did not provide information to the employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program, and material safety data sheets required by 29 CFR 1910.1200:  On or about July 28, 2016, the employer had not provided information to Welder and Mazak Operator employees as to the location and availability of safety data sheets for chemicals at the facility including, but not limited to stainless steel and welding wire.

Issued

2016-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, the identity of the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed, and the date the hazard assessment was done:    On or about 07/28/2016, the employer did not verify, through a written certification that a hazard assessments for personal protective equipment had been conducted for operations such as, but not limited to when the employer required employees to wear safety glasses and safety toe shoes throughout the facility, welding helmets during welding activities, and laser frequency safe glasses while operating the Mazak laser cutter.