OSHA Inspection: WILLIAMS FORM ENGINEERING CORP.

Issued

Dec 29, 2016

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,347 · Current $8,600 Reduced

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:    (a) On or about October 11, 2016, and at times prior, employees were exposed to amputation hazards while performing maintenance, which includes die change and set up, on the Tesker 635.  Supervisors did not enforce the energy control procedure and employees did not utilize the energy control procedure as operators routinely maintenance the Tesker 635 during normal production operations.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Dec 29, 2016

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that employees acquired the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of energy control devices:  (a)  On or about October 11, 2016, and at times prior, employees were not adequately trained to perform lockout/tagout procedures for the Tesker machine.  Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Dec 29, 2016

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(8): Lockout or tagout was not performed only by the authorized employees who are performing the servicing or maintenance:  (a)  On or about October 11, 2016, and at times prior, employees engaged in servicing and maintenance, die change on the Tesker 635, and were not authorized to perform lockout/tagout.  The employer's policy was to have supervisors perform lockout/tagout on equipment and other employees would then perform maintenance without placing their own locks and tags on the equipment.  Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Dec 29, 2016

Abate by

Jan 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) did not cover the actions listed in and was not done in sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6):  (a)  On or about October 11, 2016, and at times prior, employees were exposed to machine hazards associated with moving machine parts, point of operation and in-going nip points during die change and set up.  The employer failed to implement energy control application steps as the machine was not shut down or turned off to perform the servicing work [per the 1910.147(d)(2) requirements]. As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving machine isolation [(d)(3)], LOTO device application [(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [(d)(6)], were not implemented to protect employees from machine servicing hazards.      (1)  The employer failed to shut down or turn off the machine to perform servicing in accordance with their     established procedure, thereby exposing employees to amputation hazards while     they performed die change and set up during the normal production mode of operation.         (2)  The employer did not perform adequate lock-out/tag-out procedures for the tesker machine, as required in the     Lockout Procedures Tesker company manual, which states "lockout procedures are to be performed for die change      and set up".  This condition exposed the employees to amputation hazards.  Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").