OSHA Inspection: ALCOIL USA LLC

Issued

Oct 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $3,500 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) Shop - Employees working on machines were exposed to stored energy hazards from performing maintenance on machinery without machine specific lockout/tagout procedures, on or about September 6th, 2017.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Oct 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,774 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    a) Shipping - An employee operating the forklift was exposed to struck-by hazards from not receiving initial forklift training, on or about September 6th, 2017.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Oct 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a) Shipping - Employees operating forklifts on 1st and 2nd shift were exposed to struck-by hazards from not receiving refresher forklift training every three years, on or about September 6th, 2017.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Oct 17, 2017

Abate by

Nov 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $3,500 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):    a) Fin Machine - Employees working on the Fin Machine were exposed to point of operation hazards from unguarded fin making gears, on or about September 6th, 2017.     b) Blank Tube Shear - Employees working on the Blank Tube Shear were exposed to point of operation hazards from an unguarded Blank Tube Shear, on or about September 6th, 2017.     Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Oct 17, 2017

Abate by

Nov 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  a) Furnace - The furnace was not posted with danger signs to identify the existence of a permit required confined space, on or about September 6th, 2017.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.