OSHA Inspection: BROADWIND INDUSTRIAL FABRICATIONS

Issued

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6554.00 · Current $4588.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:    On or about February 25, 2020 the employer failed to clearly identify all of the specific steps to be followed by employees to isolate and disable the equipment in the Industrial Fabrications in order to safely de-energize the equipment and control the energy hazards and to prevent unintentional exposure to hazardous energy. The current procedures lacked the following:      1. The purpose, scope and authorization of the energy control procedure(s);  2. Identify the steps to take in order to ensure residual and/or stored energy has been removed; and  3. Specific steps to verify and test that de-energization and isolation has been accomplished.

Issued

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed:   On or about February 25, 2020 the employer had not conducted periodic inspections of their lockout procedures within the previous 12 months.