OSHA Inspection: SCHUETTE METALS, INC.

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Jun 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,796 · Current $2,898 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.     Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.    Energy Control Procedures were not developed and documented for authorized personnel to follow when accomplishing maintenance and servicing work on the powered industrial vehicles exposing employees to accidental/inadvertent startup or hazardous movement of the equipment.

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Jun 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,796 · Current $1,739 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii): Lockout devices and tagout devices shall be singularly identified; shall be the only devices(s) used for controlling energy; shall not be used for other purposes; and shall meet the following requirements:    (a)  In the Machining Department, a lockout device was used to control production use for the Cincinnati 225 mechanical press brake.    (b)  In the Machining Department, a lockout device was used to control production use for the Pullmax 2210 hydraulic press brake.

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $8,695 · Current $5,217 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii): The employer shall certify that the periodic inspections have been performed. The certification shall identify the machine or equipment on which the energy control procedure was being utilized, the date of the inspection, the employees included in the inspection, and the person performing the inspection.    The employer did not document the periodic inspections being conducted.

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:     On or about February 13, 2019, employee(s) were exposed to machine hazards associated with crushing when they engaged in die change/set-up activities on the Bystronic Beyler PR8 150.  The employer did not ensure that energy control application steps to control the gravity energy source(s) were implemented prior to allowing employees to perform die changes on the Bystronic Beyler PR8 150.  The machine was not shut down or turned off prior to engaging in this servicing activity.    As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving machine isolation [1910.147(d)(3)], lockout/tagout device application [1910.147(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [1910.147(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [1910.147(d)(6)] were not implemented to protect employees from machine servicing hazards."

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $3,623 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.    In the Machining Department, the Toshiba Machine BMC-1000 CNC horizontal mill had moving components not properly guarded located at the pallet changing station exposing employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,796 · Current $3,478 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.    (a)  In the Machining Department, the Cincinnati 225 mechanical press brake did not have the point of operation guarded to effectively prevent any part of the operator from entering the point of operation during the hazardous downward stroke.    (b)  In the Machining Department, the Haas VFOE (S/N:  22410, Date: 10-00) vertical mill had the door hold override "ON" exposing employees to inadvertent / restart of equipment during operation.

Issued

May 16, 2019

Abate by

Jun 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(ii): In locations where electric equipment is likely to be exposed to physical damage, enclosures or guards shall be so arranged and of such strength as to prevent such damage.  In the Press Department, the Cincinnati 225 mechanical press brake had an electrical cord used to power the foot pedal with damage in three locations exposing employees to electrical shock hazards and/or inadvertent start of the press brake in the event of a short.