OSHA Inspection: SUNRISE ERECTORS, INC.

Issued

Dec 19, 2018

Abate by

Feb 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,391 · Current $5,174 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:  Fabrication Area    When employees were servicing or maintaining electrical equipment used to fabricate exterior wall systems, the employer did not establish an energy control program to protect the employees from injuries related to the unexpected energizing, start-up, or release of stored energy.    Such equipment included:    Rollers, shapers, shears, brakes, and CNC machines

Issued

Dec 19, 2018

Abate by

Feb 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $11,086 · Current $7,760 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point of operation guards were not designed and constructed so as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:    Location: Fabrication Shop      Employees were exposed to laceration and crush hazards while operating the Primeline shear where the guard for the blade and the hold downs was inadequate in that it contained a 40 inch long hinged section that could be opened during operation.

Issued

Dec 19, 2018

Abate by

Dec 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.      The employer did not report, within 24 hours, a work-related finger amputation that occurred in the fabrication shop on September 26th, 2018.