OSHA Inspection: O'FALLON CASTING

Issued

Apr 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $8,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(15): (15) Walking-working surfaces not otherwise addressed.  Except as provided elsewhere in this section or by other subparts of 29 CFR part 1910, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling:  On or before 3/16/2020, at O'Fallon Casting, located at 600 Cannonball Lane, O'Fallon, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards when it failed to provide protection from a 5 feet 1 inch fall from a stand/frame located in the Shell Department.  The most recent instance of this occurred on 3/11/2020 when an employee attempted to unclog flour located in a hopper so that it would feed into the prep tank.  The employee performed this task in the pre-coat area while standing on an approximately 3 inch stand/frame located next to the pre-coat hopper.

Issued

Apr 29, 2020

Abate by

May 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $8,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.135(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee wore a protective helmet when working in areas where there was a potential for injury to the head from falling objects.    On or before 3/16/2020, at the Shell Department, employees engaged in pre-coat operations, who utilize pendant control to lift a hopper from ground level to above shoulder height, were not required to wear hard hats, exposing them to a potential head injury. Z89 - 1-2014 requires that hard hats be worn whenever the worker is exposed to an impact hazard from above or laterally.