OSHA Inspection: DARKOTECH, INC.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $2,376 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards. Note: Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    a). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, there were two loading docks that were not equipped standard railing, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not provided when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered.    a). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 17, 2016, personal protective equipment was not provided to protect employees arms when wood pallets with unknown substances were dismantled by woodworking machinery, thus exposing employees to skin irritants.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,605 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(b)(1)(i): Potable water was not provided in all places of employment, for drinking, washing of the person, cooking, washing of foods, washing of cooking or eating utensils, washing of food preparation or processing premises, and personal service rooms.    a). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, an adequate supply of potable water was not provided for employee consumption, thus exposing employees to health hazards.     b). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, potable water was not provided for employees to wash their person, thus exposing employees to health hazards.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $4,912 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.    a). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, the employer did not have an established energy control program for employees conducting maintenance tasks such as, but not limited to saw blade replacement on woodworking machinery (e.g. bandsaws), thus exposing employees to an amputation injury.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $2,376 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    a). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, a Tusk lift truck (model: 300 PGH-20) was operated with a damaged left rear tire, thus exposing employees to a tip-over hazard.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $7,447 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(1): Woodworking machine(s) were not provided with mechanical or electrical power controls so located that the operator could cut off the power from the machine without leaving his position at the point of operation.    a). Front of the workplace building - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, the Hawk (model: D-Hawk3ph) horizontal bandsaw did not have power control(s) located in a position in which both operators could turn of the bandsaw without leaving their position, thus exposing employees to amputation injuries.    b). Rear of the workplace building - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, the horizontal bandsaw did not have power control(s) located in a position in which both operators could turn off the power from the bandsaw without leaving their position, thus exposing employees to amputation injuries.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident.    a). Front of the workplace building - On or about and times prior to November 17, 2016, the circuit breaker box had several individual circuit breakers that were not marked with their intended purpose, thus exposing employees to a programmatic hazard.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(ii): In locations where electric equipment was likely to be exposed to physical damage, enclosures or guards were not so arranged and of such strength as to prevent such damage.    a). At the workplace - On or about and times prior to November 16, 2016, the internal electrical wiring on the control box that operated the Hawk bandsaw was not fully guarded to protect the wiring from physical damage, thus exposing employees to electrical hazards.