OSHA Inspection: STRONG FORGE AND FABRICATION, LLC

Issued

2019-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of energy control procedures, 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, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated and rendered inoperable.    a) On or about 10/24/2018, throughout machine shop, employer failed to establish a lockout program that consists of specific energy control procedures, authorized employee training and periodic inspections to ensure employees perform energy control procedures before servicing or doing maintenance such as but not limited to, setting up the Broaching machine, changing blade on bandsaw or changing belts on sanders.    ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2000.00 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:     a) On or about 10/24/2018, in the Steel Department, when employees perform maintenance and servicing activities, such as changing the blade on the bandsaw, energy control procedures were not being utilized, exposing employees to unexpected start of the bandsaw.     b) On or about 10/24/2018, in the Deburring Department, when employees perform maintenance and servicing activities, such as changing the belt on the sanders, energy control procedures were not being utilized, exposing employees to unexpected start of the sander.     c) On or about 10/24/2018, in the Machine shop, when employees perform maintenance and servicing activities, such as setting up the broachi machine, energy control procedures were not being utilized, exposing employees to unexpected start of the broach machine.       ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $4400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    a) On or about 10/15/2018 in the machine shop, employee's finger was amputated when his finger got caught between two parts as he cycled the broach machine.    b) On or about 11/20/2018 in the Tool Room, when employees were operating the Vertical Milling Center 2 Hurco #1 employees were exposed to caught-by hazards when there is no interlock to prevent the doors from being opened when the machine is in operation.    c) On or about 11/20/2018 in the Tool Room, when employees were operating the Vertical Milling Center 2 Hurco #2 employees were exposed to caught-by hazards when there is no interlock to prevent the doors from being opened when the machine is in operation.    d) On or about 11/20/2018 in the Tool Room, when employees were operating the Vertical Milling Center Hardinge 1000II employees were exposed to caught-by hazards when there is no interlock to prevent the doors from being opened when the machine is in operation.    e) On or about 11/20/2018 by the front shop office, when employees were operating the Vertical Milling Center Hardinge 100 #0 employees were exposed to caught-by hazards when there is no interlock to prevent the doors from being opened when the machine is in operation.

Issued

2019-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a) On or about, 10/24/2018 in the machine shop, employees were exposed to pinch point hazards when operating the broaching machine with the ram exposed next to the control buttons.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.144(a)(1)(iii): Emergency stop buttons or switches which letters or other markings appear, used for emergency stopping of machinery were not red.  a) On or about 10/15/2018 in the machine shop, employee's finger was amputated when his finger got caught between two parts as he cycled the broach machine. Employee was unable to turn broach machine off in a timely manner because the emergency stop button was not painted red.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours.    a) On or about 10/15/2018, employer did not report a partial finger amputation that an employee sustained when using the broaching machine.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED