OSHA Inspection: NAPOLEON SPRING WORKS, INC.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,963 · Current $4,000 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. Napoleon Spring Works, Inc. - Archbold, Ohio: On or about November 7, 2016, the employer did not ensure that the ARB Hinge Machine (Press #20) was guarded to protect employees from pinch point hazards.  Employees were exposed to crushing injury from pinch points created between the carriage blocks and the push bars which advance the carriage blocks to the next station.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Napoleon Spring Works, Inc. - Archbold, Ohio: On or about November 7, 2016, the employer did not ensure that the point of operation on the ARB Hinge Machine (Press #20) was guarded.  Employees were exposed to crushing and amputation injury in that the machines press, which flanges metal tubes, was not adequately guarded.

Issued

Apr 24, 2017

Abate by

May 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $125,482 · Current $75,000 Reduced

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. Napoleon Spring Works, Inc. - Archbold, Ohio: On or about November 7, 2016, maintenance employees were exposed to amputation injury in that the ARB Hinge Machine (Press #20), was not locked out prior to troubleshooting and/or unjamming the machine.  The employer did not ensure that energy control application steps to control the electrical and pneumatic energy sources were implemented prior to the maintenance tasks; the employer did not:   - Turn off or shut down the equipment.  - Physically operate energy isolating devices to control energy sources and affix lockout device(s).  - Ensure that all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy was relieved, disconnected, and rendered safe.  - Verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment had been accomplished.