OSHA Inspection: APPLIED MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,897

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees are exposed to struck by injuries from utilizing damaged racking systems:  (a) Warehouse area; On or about May 22, 2017, employees were exposed to potential struck by hazards because damaged upright columns on a metal racking system were not isolated from use, unloaded, repaired, and/or replaced once damage was identified.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $3,622

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces were not kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:  (a) Press area; Floors were not kept in an orderly manner to organize air hoses, flexible cords, and waterlines.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The floor of each workroom was not maintained in a clean and, to the extent feasible, in a dry condition:    (a) Press area; Floors were not kept clean and dry to prevent accumulation of leaking water and hydraulic oil.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1): The employer did not ensure that walking-working surfaces were inspected, regularly and as necessary, and maintained in a safe condition:  (a) Press area; Floors in the press area were not inspected regularly enough, so as to prevent hazards related to wet floors and items that were not stored in an orderly fashion.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $3,622

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:  (a) Chiller mezzanine above utility closet; A guardrail or other acceptable means of fall protection was not provided for an open side on the elevated mezzanine.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

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) Throughout the facility; The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections as required.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program were understood by authorized, affected, and other employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls were acquired by authorized employees:   (a) Throughout the facility; Authorized level energy isolation (lockout) training was not provided for employees to inform them of the means and methods to use for isolating hazardous energy sources before they performed servicing, maintenance, and setup activities on equipment including, but not limited to, extrusion presses which had multiple energy sources including pneumatic, hydraulic, electric, and thermal.  (b) Throughout the facility; Affected level energy isolation (lockout) training was not provided to inform employees of the purpose and function of the energy control program.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

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) Press area; Guarding was not provided on extrusion press 3 to protect employees from hazards associated with rotating parts and thermal energy while hand loading poly bead material into the press.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:  (a) Press area; Guarding was not provided for the horizontal shaft that provides power to the barrel screw in press 3.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $3,622

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point of operation guards were not designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:  (a) Production area; Guarding on a bandsaw was not adjusted to protect against contacting the unused portion of blade.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,346 · Current $4,346

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures, or other means listed under this provision:  (a) Press area; Electrical connections on a spliced flexible cord were not protected by an enclosure, elevation, or other acceptable means.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  (a) Press area; An extension cord (flexible cord set) was spliced.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,897

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i): Conductors entering cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings shall be protected from abrasion, and openings through which conductors enter were not effectively closed:  (a) Press area; Conductors entering a box were not protected from abrasions, and   (b) Press area; The opening where conductor wires entered a box was not effectively closed.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Press area; Strain relief was not provided for flexible cords on equipment, including but not limited to a poly bead media dryer and wet/dry type vacuum.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,691 · Current $8,691

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) Press area; Modified extension cord sets were used as a substitute for permanent wiring on press 1 and 2.  The Applied Molding Technologies, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1017787, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on July 29, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 509 Wisconsin Avenue South in Frederic, WI.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $724 · Current $724

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1):  A Log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed in the detail required by the regulation:  (a) Throughout the facility; On or about May 22, 2017, a log of work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300) was not developed for calendar year 2017.

Issued

Oct 27, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $724 · Current $724

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours:  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about May 22, 2017, copies of work-related injury and illness logs (forms 300 and 300-A) were not provided to OSHA within four hours of request for calendar years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017.