OSHA Inspection: P.E. GUERIN INC.

Issued

Jan 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $4,500 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:     Location: P.E. Guerin Inc. 23 Jane St     On or about 10 Jul 2018     The employer did not implement a written energy control program consisting of training prior to any servicing or maintenance on machines, such as but not limited to.         (a) Employees repaired heavy duty drill press machine and did not utilize a energy control program.         (b) Employees installed engraving machine and did not utilize a energy control program.

Issued

Jan 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): The employer did not ensure procedures were developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    Location: 23 Jane Street     On or about 10 JUL 2018        The employer did not implement a written energy control procedure consisting of training prior to any servicing or maintenance on machines, such as but not limited to.       a) Employees installed and repaired heavy duty drill press machine and did not utilize a energy control program.         b) Employees installed an electronic engraving machine without an energy control procedure consisting   identification         of potential hazardous energy

Issued

Jan 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): The employer did not ensure that locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware shall be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.    Location: P.E. Guerin Inc. 23 Jane St     On or about 10 Jul 2018     The employer did not ensure that locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.        (a) Employees repaired heavy duty drill press machine and did not utilize any hardware to physically lock out energy source.         (b) Employees installed engraving machine and did not utilize any hardware to physically lock out energy source  .

Issued

Jan 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not 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    Location: P.E. Guerin Inc. 23 Jane St     On or about 10 Jul 2018     The employer did not implement a written energy control program consisting of training prior to any servicing or maintenance on machines, such as but not limited to.         (a) Employees repaired heavy duty drill press machine and was not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood.         (b) Employees installed engraving machine and did not utilize a energy control program. employees were not trained or documentation verified to show that the function of the energy control program was.

Issued

Jan 9, 2019

Abate by

Apr 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not 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:    Location: P.E. Guerin Inc. 29 Jane St.     On or about 10 July 2018            a) Employee was working in the point of operation without the guard in place, Clausen lathe machine #1, guard was open.       On or about 12 Oct 2018  a) Employee was working in the point of operation without the guard in place, Clausen lathe machine #1, guard was open.        b) Employee was working in the point of operation without a machine guard, Clausen lathe machine #2 guard was missing.