OSHA Inspection: MODERN METAL FINISHING INCORPORATED

Issued

Jan 16, 2018

Abate by

Feb 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,622 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    Location:  110 Willenbrock Road, Oxford, CT 06478      A written workplace hazard assessment including the identity of the workplace and/or machine, the person certifying the assessment or evaluation has been performed, the date of the hazard assessment was not conducted and completed.

Issued

Jan 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,148 · Current $5,704 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    Location:  110 Willenbrock Road, Oxford, CT 06478      The point of operation where hand fed aluminum wire was curled around a rotating pipe on the pipe threading machine was not equipped with a guard to prevent any employee's bodily part from entering the danger zone(s) during operating cycles(s).      Consequently, on or about August 11, 2017, an employee sustained serious injuries after the employee's hand was pulled into the point of operation resulting in multiple finger amputations of the left hand.