OSHA Inspection: BULA FORGE & MACHINE, INC.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,232 · Current $1,615 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level:      On or about January 17,2017, the employer failed to ensure that the exit route/discharge located in the back of the shop area was clear and free of obstructions. The exit route was cluttered with machinery and debris.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Abate by

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $4,435 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:      On or about January 17, 2017, employees operating the company's articulating boom were not protected from  potential fall hazards. The employer failed to ensure that a personal fall arrest system (PFAS) or travel restraint was provided to employees for use when operating the 25 ft. JLG articulating boom.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Abate by

Mar 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,464 · Current $3,230 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 energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:           As of 01/20/2016 the employer failed to establish an effective program for the control of hazardous energy at the facility.  Energy sources used at the facility include; but are not limited to, electric, hydraulic and pneumatic energy.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Abate by

Mar 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,310 · Current $2,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:        On or about January 17,2017, workers previously trained in fork-truck operations around calendar year 2012 (or earlier) were not provided refresher training every third year, as required.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Abate by

Mar 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The certification did not include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:    On or about January 17,2017 certification documenting the evaluation of employees authorized to operate powered industrial vehicles at the facility was not completed or maintained by the employer.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Abate by

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,232 · Current $1,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6): The employer did not ensure that all nameplates or markings were not maintained in a legible condition:      On or about January 17,2017, data plates on the company's LP fork truck ( U741) were not legible and warning labels/information labels were missing.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $4,435 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:      On or about January 17, 2017, the company's (Okuma MA 40 HA) CNC horizontal machining centers; located in the production department, did not have point of operation guarding. The door(s) were not interlocked.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,310 · Current $2,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(i): Compressed gas cylinders were not kept away from radiators and other sources of heat:       On or about January 17,2017, cylinders containing compressed gases such as, but not limited to, oxygen, acetylene, propane and argon were stored approximately 3.5 - 5 ft. away from an overhead industrial heater that had an open flame.

Issued

Jan 31, 2017

Abate by

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,310 · Current $2,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i): Oxygen cylinders were stored near highly combustible material, especially oil and grease; or near reserve stocks of carbide and acetylene or other fuel-gas cylinders, or near other substance likely to cause or accelerate fire:     On or about January 17,2017, employees were exposed to a fire hazards from improperly stored cylinders of oxygen. The oxygen (which was not in use) was  stored next to reserve cylinders of acetylene and propane.