OSHA Inspection: HILITE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE, LP

Issued

Jun 18, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,477 · Current $6,286 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(D): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures:     a)    Employer did not ensure energy control procedures clearly and specifically outline requirements for testing a machine or equipment. This violation was discovered on or about March 27, 2018, at the job site; where employees were exposed to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jun 18, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,477 · Current $6,286 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(C): Where lockout was used for energy control, the periodic inspection did not include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected:                                                      a)    Employer did not ensure periodic inspections were performed between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employees responsibilities under the energy control procedures. This violation was discovered on or about March 27, 2018; where authorized employees did not receive periodic inspections.

Issued

Jun 18, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,477 · Current $6,286 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control:                                                  a)    The employer did not ensure authorized supervisors and engineering employee(s) received lockout/tagout training for the control of hazardous energy. This violation was discovered on March 27, 2018, where at least two (2) authorized were exposed to struck-by, caught-in and/or electrical hazards.

Issued

Jun 18, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,477 · Current $6,286 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iii)(B): Additional retraining was not provided whenever a periodic inspection under 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6) revealed that there were deviations from or inadequacies in the employee's knowledge or use of the energy control procedures:                                                                                                a)    The employer did not provide retraining for supervisors and engineering employee(s) who are authorized to perform lockout/tagout procedures. This violation was discovered on March 27, 2018, where at least two (2) authorized employees were exposed to struck-by, caught-in and/or electrical hazards.

Issued

Jun 18, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,484 · Current $4,490 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.           Following the work-related hospitalization of an employee that occurred on March 20, 2018, at a jobsite located at 1671 S. Broadway Street, Carrollton, Texas, the employer did not make an oral report to OSHA within 24 hours after the occurrence.