OSHA Inspection: COLT'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Aug 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $8,051 · Current $4,026 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.  Custom Shop:  On, or about, April 4, 2019, the two hand control buttons provided on the white Schmidt hydraulic roll machine was not provided with an anti-tie down feature.  Also, the run buttons were not ringed to protect against unintended operation.    B.  Custom Shop:  On, or about, April 4, 2019, the run buttons on the green Schmidt hydraulic roll machine were not ringed to protect against unintended operation.   C.  Department 163, Revolver Cylinder Line:  On, or about,  April 4, 2019, side guards were not provided on the Nichols horizontal milling machine.     D.  Department 163, Revolver Cylinder Line, Daewoo Puma 6S:  On, or about, April 4, 2019, the spindle did not stop rotating when the access door was opened.    E.  Department 165, Slide Line:  On, or about, April 4, 2019, the door interlock mechanisms were bypassed on two Milltronics HM20 milling centers, #1 and #2.    F.  Department 353, Tool Room:  On, or about, April 25, 2019, a side guard was not provided on the Powermatic vertical belt sander, bt136390, for the upper pulley.      G.  Department 129, Lower Receiver Line, Old Broach, Op. 100:  On, or about, April 25, 2019, the two hand trips provided on the machine did not offer adequate safeguarding in that the operator could reach into the broach area during both of the passes of the tooling in the automatic mode.      H.  Department 150, Rifle Assembly, Government Line, Denison hydraulic press:  On, or about, May 17, 2019, the two hand trip buttons provided to cycle the Front Sight Taper Pin press were located within the calculated minimum safety distance.  The calculated safety distance was 28.9 inches from the die area and the actual distance was 9 inches.      I.  Department 150, Commercial Line, Denison hydraulic press:  On, or about, May 17, 2019, the two hand controls provided on the pin insertion press were not did not have an anti-tie down feature.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Aug 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $6,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1): Live parts that the employee was exposed to were not de-energized before the work began in or near them.     Plant-wide:  On, or about, May 17, 2019, work was performed on live electrical equipment such as installing and removing buss mounted switches and tightening of electrical connections in control boxes.  Guidelines provided in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace classifies both tasks as having a likelihood of Arc Flash Incident occurrence.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Aug 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not using electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed:   Plant-wide:  On, or about, May 17, 2019, employees who performed work on or near energized electrical circuits such as live diagnostic testing, including testing for absence of voltage, did not wear protective equipment such as fire resistive clothing, face shields and balaclavas, voltage rated gloves, a hard hat and hearing protection.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Aug 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(ii): Protective equipment was not maintained in a safe, reliable condition and/or was not periodically inspected or tested:  Plant-wide:  On, or about, May 147, 2019, voltage rated gloves provided for the Plant Electrician to use had not been inspected in the previous six months.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(7)(v)(a): Each two-hand control for single stroke operations on mechanical power press(es) using part revolution clutches was not arranged by design, construction and/or separation so that the concurrent use of both hands was required to trip the press:  Department 217, Toll Gate Inspection:  On, or about, April 25, 2019, the two hand controls provided on the Heim partial revolution mechanical power press were not provided with an anti-tie down relay.