OSHA Inspection: AUTOMATION TOOL & DIE

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(D): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures;    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that the energy control procedures for the AIDA 300 ton press contained or outlined the procedures for testing and verifying the effectiveness of locking out the equipment prior to performing service or maintenance.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that a periodic inspection of the machine specific procedures for equipment serviced and maintained in the facility had taken place. Employees are tasked with servicing and maintaining equipment including but not limited to presses, cutoff equipment, coilers and take up reels. Hazardous energies present on equipment includes hydraulic, pneumatic, gravitational, electrical, and mechanical.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control;    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that employees tasked with servicing and maintaining equipment including but not limited to mechanical power presses were trained as authorized employees to perform such tasks. Operators routinely perform tasks requiring the control of hazardous energies including but not limited to die changes, setup, and die maintenance.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Dec 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $7,560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2): The machine or equipment was not turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment;    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that the Aida 300 ton mechanical power press was shut down in accordance with the procedures prior to the die change taking place and die maintenance being performed. Hazardous energy sources were not located and operated in a manner to isolate the hazardous energy sources, the equipment was not tested to verify isolation, and lockout devices not affixed to the isolation points.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(7)(iii): A means of selecting Off, "Inch," Single Stroke, and Continuous (when the continuous function is furnished) was not supplied with the clutch/brake control to select type of operation of the press. Fixing of selection was not by means capable of supervision by the employer;    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that the inch. single stroke, and continuous selection switch was under supervised control. Operators routinely have access to and operate the selection switch as needed.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(3)(iii)(c): Presence sensing point of operation device(s) on mechanical power press(es) were not constructed so that a failure within the system does not prevent the normal stopping action from being applied to the press when required, but does prevent the initiation of a successive stroke until the failure is corrected. The failure shall be indicated by the system.    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that the failure of the presence sensing device on the Aida 300 ton press prevented successive strokes from occurring. The light curtains on the press were not functioning, however the press was able to operate in continuous mode following the clearing of a presence sensing device without actuation of the two hand control devices.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(ii)(B): A complete necessary maintenance or repair, or both, were not performed on the clutch/brake mechanism, antirepeat feature, and single-stroke mechanism before operating the press;      On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that repair on the Aida 300 ton press light curtain system was performed or completed prior to operation of the press. This repair was necessary in order to maintain the integrity and control reliability of the antirepeat feature in the event of an error or fault in the system.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i): The employer did not provide and ensure the usage of point of operation guards or properly applied point of operation devices on every operation performed on mechanical power press(es);    On or about July 10, 2020 through July 14, 2020 the employer failed to ensure that point of operation guarding was in place or functioning properly to provided protection to both operators and others from the hazardous area. The light curtains on the Aida 300 ton press did not function in order to effectively protect employees. The press was run in continuous mode after suppression of two hand control devices.

Issued

Sep 25, 2020

Abate by

Nov 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(d)(1)(ii): Hand tool(s) were not used for freeing and removing stuck work or scrap pieces from the die(s) of mechanical power press(es) so that no employee needed to reach into the point of operation for such purposes;    On or about July 14, 2020 the employer failed to provide or ensure the usage of hand tools for removing stuck production pieces from the Aida 300 ton mechanical power press. Employees were observed reaching into the point of operation area of the press to remove stuck components from the die area.