OSHA Inspection: PMC ENGINEERING, LLC

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): Written and oral emergency action plans. An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally to employees.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented an emergency action plan in the event of an emergency situation.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(e): Training. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not designated and conducted training for employees to assist other employees in the event of an emergency situation.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the CNCs.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented step-by-step hazardous energy control procedures in machine specific for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the CNCs.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees.   WORKSHOP: The employees, as "affected and other" types were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of revised energy sources (lockout/tagout) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the CNCs.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.    WORKSHOP:        1. The unused portions of the blade of the Wellsaw horizontal bandsaw were unguarded.       2. The rotating collet of the Hardinge Super- precision lathe was unguarded.       3. The rotating collet of the Hardinge lathe was unguarded.      4. The rotating collet and chuck of the Hardinge lathe were unguarded.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program including the Globalized Harmonized System where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) alcohol, solvents, oils, argon and nitrogen gases.

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.    WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) alcohol, solvents, oils, nitrogen gas and argon gas were not provided with training and information in the hazard communication program, including Globalized Harmonized System (GHS).

Issued

2017-11-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).     WORKSHOP: The employer had not conducted Workplace Hazard Assessment to determine necessary and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees.