OSHA Inspection: NEMESIS METALS LLC

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $1,782 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:    The employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of adequate energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections when employees were performing service and maintenance work on machine equipment including die-setting of hydraulic brake presses.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Feb 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    The employer did not develop, document, or utilize energy control procedures when employees engaged in die-setting activities on the Amada hydraulic brake presses or performed preventative maintenance on the brake presses and Amada laser machines.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Jan 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $1,782 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:    (a)  On or about October 26, 2016, employees were exposed to the ingoing nip points of chain and sprockets and crushed by hazards created by the Amada FO4020NT #1 laser part tables that traverse in and out of the laser cell.      (b)  On or about October 26, 2016, employees were exposed to the ingoing nip points of chain and sprockets and crushed by hazards created by the Amada FO4020NT #2 laser part tables that traverse in and out of the laser cell.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $2,494 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    (a)  On or about October 7, 2016 employees were exposed to the point of operation created between the dies of an unguarded Amada HFE-220-4S hydraulic press brake located in the press brake department.      (b)  On or about October 7, 2016 employees were exposed to the point of operation created between the dies of an unguarded Amada HDS-8025NT hydraulic press brake located in the press brake department.     (a)  On or about October 7, 2016 employees were exposed to the point of operation created between the dies of an unguarded Amada HDS-1703NT hydraulic press brake located in the press brake department.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.31(b)(2): The employer did not record injuries and illnesess for employees obtained from a temporary help service, employee leasing service, or personnel supply service, and were supervised by the employer on a day-to-day basis:    On or about October 7, 2016, the employer did not record a temporary employee's crushed right hand which required surgery on their OSHA 300 log when the employee was supervised by the employer's management.