OSHA Inspection: FLUOROTEK USA INC

Issued

Mar 3, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $7,287 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 October 19, 2019, at 1301 W 13th Street, Ste A, RIVIERA BEACH, FL, 33404, an employee was exposed to an amputation hazard while performing set-up, cleaning, and maintenance work on a Ribbon Blender machine, without the employer establishing energy control procedures, training and periodic inspections of the equipment prior to the employee performing the work.        NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Mar 3, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $6,073 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 October 19, 2019, at 1301 W 13th Street, Ste A, RIVIERA BEACH, FL, 33404, an employee was exposed to the rotating blades of a Ribbon Blender machine, when operating the equipment without the lid / cover closed / latched, thereby exposing the employee to an amputation hazard.        NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

Mar 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $4,338 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye:    a. On or about October 19, 2019, the employer did not report in person, or telephonically, or electronically, within (24) twenty-four hours, a work-related in-patient hospitalization/amputation, to the OSHA Area office, which was nearest to the site of the accident/incident, or to the OSHA toll-free central telephone number, or by electronic submission using the reporting application located on OSHA's public Web site.