OSHA Inspection: ANDY WURM TIRE AND WHEEL CO.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $2,494 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2):  Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not provided with safety guard(s) which covered the spindle end, nut, and flange projections:  a/  Inside of the Maintenance Shop, one bench mounted abrasive wheel grinder, unknown make, model, or serial number, was not equipped with a guard that covered the spindle end, nut, and flange projections.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):  Grinding machinery was not used with work rest(s) to support off-hand grinding work:  a/  Inside of the Maintenance Shop, two, bench-mounted abrasive wheel grinders were used without work rests in place.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):  The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one-fourth inch:  a/  Inside of the Maintenance Shop, two, bench-mounted abrasive wheel grinders were used without work rests in place.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer did not also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  a/  Inside of the Maintenance Shop, the employer did not develop and implement an educational program to instruct employees in how to use up to 20 portable fire extinguishers to engage an incipient stage fire.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not 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, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:  a/  A written hazard communication program was not developed or implemented for employees who use a variety of cleaners, grease, hydraulic fluid, or lubricants.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets (SDS) for each hazardous chemical, and ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  a/  SDS were not available to exposed employees who work with hazardous materials such as cleansers, grease, and lubricants.

Issued

Aug 30, 2016

Abate by

Oct 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not 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 chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area:  a/  Employee(s) were not instructed in the elements of a hazard communication program or how to handle hazardous material(s) safely during normal use or catastrophic spills.