OSHA Inspection: DIVERSIFIED WINDOW & DOOR, INC.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1521.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:     a)    In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to eye hazards from flying metal particles, in that cold-cut saw operators failed to wear safety glasses while engaged in cutting metal on the production saws.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    a)   In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to hazards not limited to amputation, in that a periodic inspection was not conducted at least annually to ensure that energy-control procedures and the requirements of the standard were followed.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control:  a)   In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to hazards not limited to amputation, in that an untrained authorized employee shut off the Birmingham shear and performed maintenance including changing belts and pulleys without locking and tagging at the main breaker.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)   In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to hazards not limited to amputation, in that energy isolation devices were not physically operated when belts and pulleys were maintained on the Birmingham shear.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical or inclined belt(s) were not enclosed by guard(s) conforming to the requirements specified at 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    a)    In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to hazards not limited to amputations, in that a Birmingham sheer included unguarded vertical belts and pulleys on the feed end as operators placed sheet metal onto rollers and actuated control buttons.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling, convenient to the lavatories were not provided:   a)   In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to health hazards in that individual hand towels were not provided at the hand-wash station.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(x): Flexible cords and cables were not protected from accidental damage:  a)    In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards, in that flexible cords connected to cold-cut saws were not protected from accidental damage by forklift and employee traffic during normal work activities.

Issued

2017-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:   a)    In the Cairo-based fabrication facility: On November 29, 2016, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical hazards, in that a flexible cord connecting the Brobo Super 300 cold-cut saw failed to provide strain relief as operators used the production saw during normal work activities.