OSHA Inspection: UXBRIDGE CABINET CENTER, INC.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Mar 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,803 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:    Uxbridge Cabinet Center, workshop, 706 Quaker Highway, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; On and before October 17, 2017 the employer did not have a written energy control program that included training, observations, and written procedures for locking out individual pieces of equipment exposing employees to amputation and laceration hazards.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Dec 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,802 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii): Special hand tools for placing and removing material(s) were not provided to permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone:    Uxbridge Cabinet Center, 706 Quaker Highway, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; On and before October 17, 2017 the employer did not provide special hand tools for placing and removing material from the saw table while making dado cuts requiring the employees to place their hands in the danger zone to remove materials after the cuts were made.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:    Uxbridge Cabinet Center, Inc., 706 Quaker Highway, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; On and before October 17, 2017 employees were not protected from amputation and laceration hazards while using the 10 inch tilting arbor table saw to rip wood for cabinet parts as the saw was not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed the portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Dec 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:    Uxbridge Cabinet Center, Inc., 706 Quaker Highway, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; On and before October 17, 2017 employees were not protected from amputation and laceration hazards while using the Delta Unisaw, 10 inch tilting arbor table saw to rip wood for cabinet parts and the saw was not furnished with a spreader or riving knife.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Dec 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:    Uxbridge Cabinet Center, Inc., 706 Quaker Highway, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; On and before October 17, 2017 employees were not protected from amputation and laceration hazards while using the 10 inch tilting arbor table saw to rip wood for cabinet parts as the saw was not provided with anti-kickback fingers or dogs as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material and throw it back toward the operator.