OSHA Inspection: HITMASTER GRAPHICS, LLC

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $7,482

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) For the textile presses at the facility, as observed on or about 11/30/2016, an energy control program was not established to protect employees from hazardous energy while performing maintenance/servicing of the machines, such as, but not limited to, cleaning print carriages, lubrication, and cleaning out electrical boxes of the presses.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):  a) For the textile presses at the facility, employees performed maintenance/servicing tasks such as, but not limited to, cleaning print carriages and lubrication while the presses were not isolated from all energy sources. Employees would perform maintenance/servicing tasks after switching a toggle switch to power down the presses and were not de-energizing the press at the breaker boxes or physically unplugging them from wall outlets. Two of the presses were cord and plug and three were hard wired into breaker boxes.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): A Log of all Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300), and/or Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, (OSHA Form 300-A), and/or the Injury and Illness Incident Report (OSHA Form 301) or equivalent forms were not kept by the establishment:  a) On 09/22/2016, an employee working on a textile press machine sustained injuries which resulted in medical treatment and 3 days away from work.  The injury was not recorded on an OSHA Form 300 and/or and OSHA Form 301.  The OSHA 300 and 301 forms were not being kept by the employer.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Jan 6, 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) For the Hitmaster Graphics facility, as observed on or about 11/30/2016, branch circuits which powered textile presses such as, but not limited to, two Sportsmen presses and a Challenger press, were not labeled to show which breakers supplied electric power to the presses.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:  a) For the closet area, as observed on or about 11/30/2016, two breaker boxes and a main disconnect were blocked by the storage of materials such that access to the electrical boxes and disconnect was impeded.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Jan 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:  a) For the Gauntlet press, as observed on or about 11/30/2016, a temporary flexible cord was used as permanent wiring to provide power to the press.

Issued

Dec 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a) For the textile press room, as observed on or about 11/30/2016, a drop down pendant at the Diamondback Press had its outer insulation removed at the plug such that there was the potential for strain to be placed on the inner conductors.