OSHA Inspection: ACE MANUFACTURING AND PARTS COMPANY

Issued

Aug 10, 2020

Abate by

Sep 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $6,073 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck-by hazards:    The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by hazards. On or about April 2, 2020 at 300 Ramsey Street, Sullivan, MO, 62080, employee(s) were exposed to struck-by hazards while operating a "Doosan Puma V400 Vertical Turning Center".      Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct the hazard are:    1.         Implementation of hard-jawed chucks when machining unfinished aluminum.  2.         Operator station relocation. The current location placed the operator in the path of the door when it flew open. The company could relocate the station behind the the swing of the door in the event of another ejection.    3.         Install machine guarding between the operator station and the CNC machine.   4.         Perform root cause analysis with the manufacturer or third party expert to determine appropriate controls to prevent a future ejection.  5.         Establish and implement equipment dry-run procedures.    6.         Establish a prototype team that includes operators and management.   7.         Create unique prototype checklists that are created by the team and audited by an operator not on the team in an effort to discover errors or assumptions in the prototype development;   8.         Report and record near-misses for all hazards to include workpiece ejections;   9.         Assemble a Near Miss Team, composed of operators and management, to investigate near-misses;   10.        The Near Miss Team will engage operators involved in the incident, maintenance, and the manufacturer to determine appropriate steps to prevent future occurrences;   11.        The Near Miss Team will report their findings to management and provide recommendations where possible; and  12.       Assign a high-level member of management to oversee the Near Miss Team to ensure that feasible recommendations are implemented in a timely matter.    DISCLAIMER:      a. The employer is not limited to the abatement method(s) suggested by OSHA.  b. The employer is responsible for selecting and implementing an effective abatement method.