OSHA Inspection: BODYCOTE THERMAL PROCESSING, INC.

Issued

Mar 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,440 · Current $6,440

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point of operation guards were not designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:  a) On or about 1/22/19 in the Racking area; employees were exposed to crushing injuries when the interlock switch on the access door (machine guard) on the feed end of the roller leveler machine was able to be raised allowing accessing to the moving rollers without shutting off the machine.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,831 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:    a) On or about 01/22/19 in the Racking area; employees worked in the racking area were exposed to burns/shocks when a relocatable power tap ( Belkin brand Surgemaster) was being used to supply power to dock lights, a radio and a Tip Temp thermocouple welder (welder protected with a 15 amp fuse).      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 5, 2019

Abate by

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv): Electric equipment had damaged parts that may adversely affect safe operation or mechanical strength of the equipment, such as parts that are broken, bent, cut, or deteriorated by corrosion, chemical action, or overheating.    a) On or about 01/22/19 in the Racking area; employees exposed to burns/shocks when the insulation on the power cord for the Tip Temp thermocouple welder (welder protected with a 15 amp fuse) was broken at the plug and the connection to the transformer.      ABAATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): Each recordable injury or illness was not recorded on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred:  a) On or about 1/27/19 throughout the facility; employer experienced four OSHA recordables in 2018 and did not record them on the site OSHA 300 log as per the request made for the 2018 OSHA log on 1/27/19 during the opening conference.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 5, 2019

Abate by

Apr 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(j)(2): The employer did not ensure that the entry supervisor verified, by checking that the appropriate entries had been made on the permit;       a) On or about 01/22/19 in the furnace area; entry supervisor did not verify the description of Potential Physical, Chemical and other Hazards caused by the work to be performed on the entry permits was accurate. A review of a random sample of Bodycote Confined Space Entry permits conducted on 2017, 2018 and 2019, found "NONE" as the description for each Hazard.       b) On or about 01/22/19 in the furnace area; entry supervisor did not verify that more details such as, but not limited to: a machine-specific LOTO checklist was included as measures taken to isolate and eliminate the hazards on the confined space permits. It was found that permit entries only stated "Complied w/LOTO Isolation Procedures - YES."          ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED