OSHA Inspection: HMI INDUSTRIES INC.

Issued

Jan 15, 2020

Abate by

Feb 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,712 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    On or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, training, and periodic inspections for employees performing maintenance on machines including, but not limited to, the pleater and folder/gluer machines.

Issued

Jan 15, 2020

Abate by

Mar 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,630 · Current $4,640 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 or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that a lathe's rotating parts were guarded. The employer also failed to ensure that the lathe was guarded against flying chips and sparks.

Issued

Jan 15, 2020

Abate by

Mar 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):  a. On or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that one or more methods of machine guarding were provided to protect the operator from caught in hazards at the point of operation on the Autosplice machine.   b. On or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that one or more methods of machine guarding were provided to protect the operator from caught in hazards at the point of operation on the Hose Splice machine.

Issued

Jan 15, 2020

Abate by

Feb 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    On or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to provide the advisory information as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 to employees in the filtration department who voluntarily wear filtering face pieces.

Issued

Jan 15, 2020

Abate by

Feb 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i): The employer having employee(s) with occupational exposure did not establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure:     On or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to provide a written exposure control plan to employees potentially exposed to bloodborne pathogens when they were required to perform first aid as part of their assigned job duties.

Issued

Jan 15, 2020

Abate by

Feb 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(iv): Annual training for employees with occupational exposure was not provided within one year of their previous training:    On or about September 18, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that employees potentially exposed to blood borne pathogens when required to perform first aid as part of their regular job duties, did not provide training within one year of their previous training.