OSHA Inspection: SUPERIOR PRECISION SHEET METAL CORP.

Issued

Aug 31, 2017

Abate by

Sep 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $11,408

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) On or about June 29, 2017, and at times prior, 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 roll-former machine where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the roll-former machine was not isolated from its energy source and was not rendered inoperative. Employees were exposed to caught-in and amputation hazards while using a stepladder to reach over a vertical steel mesh guard to unjam and/or to align metal parts into the guide channels entering the roll-former without isolating the energy source on the machine.                          Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Aug 31, 2017

Abate by

Sep 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $11,408

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) On or about June 29, 2017, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that point of operation guards were designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle. Employees were exposed to caught-in and amputation hazards in that the inside area of the smaller roll-former machine was not adequately guarded to prevent the operators from having their arms and hands in the danger zone during the operating cycle.      Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").