OSHA Inspection: MARKS CABINETRY SERVICES INC

Issued

May 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,763 · Current $4,500 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:    a) On or about 02/12/2019, in the top shop cabinet making department, the Jet table saw used by employees to cut Formica laminate material and plywood was missing the blade guard at the point of operation, exposing employees to amputation hazards.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,763 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:    a) On or about 02/12/2019, at the top shop wood shop, employees cut plywood using a rip cutting JET table saw without a spreader, exposing to amputation hazards.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  a) On or about 2/12/2019, at the top shop wood shop, employees used the Jet table saw for rip cuts without the use of anti-kickback fingers, exposing to amputation and struck-by hazards.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

May 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,327 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4): The employer does not correctly record each work-related injury or illness that results in restricted work or job transfer on the OSHA 300 Log as a case involving restricted work or job transfer and the number of restricted or transferred days.     a) On or about 11/13/2018, an employee fell on a knee and sustained a right patellar fracture. The employee was on light duty multiple weeks, and the incident was not recorded on the employer's OSHA 300 log.    b) On or about 11/1/2019, an employee tripped on a rock sustaining a rib contusion. The employee was on light duty for multiple days, and the incident was not recorded on the employer's OSHA 300 log.