OSHA Inspection: ADVANCED DIGITAL CABLE, INC.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $4,347 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed.    On 2/13/19, at the Blairsville facility, the employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the Lockout program to ensure deficiencies were corrected. Deficiencies found during the inspection included: identification of energies and the magnitude of those energies, identification of the wrong machine and the sizing of the machine.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $4,347 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.    On 2/13/19, in production at Line 4, employees were exposed to cut and amputation hazards as various ingoing nip points were not guarded on the line including the Tensioning Device at the Flyer Payoff portion of the machine.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $7,160 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded.    On 2/13/19, at Line 4 in production, employees were exposed to the point of operation of the wire (coming off the spool) during threading of the wire into the cone feeder, at the Flyer Payoff, and after welding the wire and holding the wire to be fed into the spool. On 1/22/19 an employee received an amputation after he reached to grab excess wire that had fallen on to the wire coming off a spool and being fed into the machine.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $4,347 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting.    On 2/13/19, in the production area at the Line 4 Take Up machine, employees are exposed to cut and amputation hazards as horizontal shafting was not guarded.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft.    On 2/13/19, in the production area at the Line 4 Take Up machine, employees are exposed to unguarded shaft ends that were not guarded and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $4,347 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o).    On 2/13/19, in the production area on the back of the Take Up machine, employees were exposed to a belt and pulley that was left unguarded.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i): Horizontal belts which had both runs seven feet or less from the floor level were not guarded with a guard that extended to at least fifteen inches above the belt.    On 2/13/19, in the production area on the back of the Take Up machine, employees were exposed to a belt and pulley that was left unguarded.

Issued

Mar 7, 2019

Abate by

Apr 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,450 · Current $870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): Each recordable injury or illnesses was not entered on the OSHA 300 log and/or incident report (OSHA Form 300A or equivalent) within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.    On 2/13/19, at the Blairsville facility, the employer did not record an injury on the OSHA 300 log within 7 days of the event. An employee received an amputation on 1/22/19 and as of 2/13/19 had not recorded the injury on to the 300 log for the facility.