OSHA Inspection: LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Issued

Aug 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,800 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) The employer did not develop, document and utilized an energy control procedure (lockout/tag out program) to ensure that all required elements of the procedure were understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of the energy controls were acquired by employees performing repair work on a machine or equipment, such as; but not limited, to the vacuum chamber "A" high voltage supply control unit

Issued

Aug 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    location: Optical lens coating lab; vacuum chamber "A",    on or about: 4/24/18    a) The employer did not have adequate procedures developed, documented and utilized for work including but not limited to troubleshooting, vacuum chamber "A", control unit power triode cooling lines while energized; exposing employees to electrical shock hazard.

Issued

Aug 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1): "Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed were not deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs:    location: Optical lens coating lab; vacuum chamber "A",    on or about: 4/24/18    a) Adequate maintenance procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for work including but not limited to troubleshooting and addressing the power triode leaking cooling lines while the high voltage supply control unit was energized exposing employees to electrical shock hazard.

Issued

Aug 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not using electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed    Location:  Optical lens coating lab; vacuum chamber "A" high voltage control unit.    On or about: 4/24/2018    (a) An employee was working near energized components, power triode and triode transformer, to visually inspect and address leaking cooling lines was not provided and did not use insulated gloves, flame retardant clothing, insulated boots, insulated hard hat and insulated face shield to protect the head, feet, body, arms and hands from the hazards of electrocution and arc flash hazards.