OSHA Inspection: METAL CONVERSIONS, LTD.

Issued

Jul 12, 2017

Abate by

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,577 · Current $3,346 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    A)    Metal Conversions, Ltd., located at 849 Crawford Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44905: On or about March 21, 2017, the employer did not evaluate the workplace in order to determine if the bailer (manufactured by Harris Press & Shear, Inc., Model HRB8) was a permit-required confined space. Hazards, associated with a permit-required confined space, were not identified before employees entered the bailer in order to conduct activities such as, but not limited to, compacting the material. Employees were exposed to the hazards associated with the bailers operation (amputation hazards).

Issued

Jul 12, 2017

Abate by

Sep 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,577 · Current $3,346 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:     A)    Metal Conversions, Ltd., located at 849 Crawford Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44905: On or about March 21, 2017, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit-required confined space program. Employee entered the bailer (manufactured by Harris Press & Shear, Inc., Model HRB8) in order to conduct activities such as, but not limited to, compacting the material and were exposed to the hazards associated with the bailers operation (amputation hazards). Written permit-required confined space program shall include elements such as, but not limited to:   � Measures to prevent unauthorized entry   � Hazard identification and evaluation   � Means, procedures, and practices for safe permit entry operations including the specification of acceptable entry conditions, provisions for authorized entrants or their authorized representative to observe any monitoring or testing, isolation of the space, purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards, and verifying that conditions in the permit space are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry   � Necessary equipment   � Evaluation of permit space conditions   � Providing attendant(s)   � Designation of active roles (authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors) in entry operations   � Procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue.

Issued

Jul 12, 2017

Abate by

Aug 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,577 · Current $3,346 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)    Metal Conversions, Ltd., located at 849 Crawford Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44905: On or about March 29, 2017, the employer did not establish a lockout/tagout program for the control of the hazardous energy, which includes procedures, training, and periodic inspections, while performing activities such as, but not limited to, conducting maintenance of the equipment such as, but not limited to, the bailer (manufactured by Harris Press & Shear, Inc., Model HRB8). Employees were exposed to amputation and crushing hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2017

Abate by

Aug 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,984 · Current $2,390 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i): The employer did not make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure and post exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who had an exposure incident:    A)    Metal Conversions, Ltd., located at 849 Crawford Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44905: On or about March 21, 2017, the employer did not make available the Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to the employee who was exposed to blood-borne hazards while he collected and packed amputated toes from the scene of a personal injury accident.

Issued

Jul 12, 2017

Abate by

Aug 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,984 · Current $2,390 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not train each employee with occupational exposure in accordance with the requirements of this section:    A)    Metal Conversions, Ltd., located at 849 Crawford Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44905: On or about March 21, 2017, the employer did not ensure the each employee with occupational exposure to blood-borne hazards was trained in accordance with the 29 CFR 1910.1030 standard.  Such training should have taken place at the time of the employees initial assignment, and should have covered items such as, but not limited to, a copy of the regulatory text of the 1910.1030 standard, explanations of the modes of transmission of blood-borne pathogens, and a general explanation of the epidemiology and symptoms of blood-borne diseases.