OSHA Inspection: MERIDIAN PRODUCTS CORPORATION

Issued

Aug 23, 2021

Abate by

Sep 17, 2021

Penalty

Initial $6,827 · Current $4,096 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:  (a) On or about April 13, 2021 and times prior thereto; throughout the facility the employer did not develop, document and utilize an energy control procedure (lockout/tag out program), conduct periodic audits and did not provide training on the energy control procedures to ensure that all required elements of the procedure were understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of the energy controls were acquired by employees performing servicing  doing mold changes, replacing grinder belts, and dye setups) and repair work on a machine or equipment, such as; but not limited, to horizontal injection molding presses, and abrasive grinding machines.