OSHA Inspection: NOVA COIL, INC.

Issued

2021-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10513.00 · Current $9000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.  Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.  (a) On or about August 5, 2021, at the worksite located at 5401 West Franklin Drive, Franklin, Wisconsin, 53132, the employer did not ensure procedures were developed for the control of hazardous energy for the Platt coiler machine  thereby exposing workers to struck-by hazards, electrical hazards and pneumatic  hazards.

Issued

2021-10-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10513.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.  (a) One or about August 5, 2021, the employer had not performed annual periodic inspections of the energy control procedures for equipment such as, but not limited to welding machines, coiling machines,  and other metal fabricating equipment to ensure that procedures and requirements of the standard are being followed and that employees who implement energy control procedures understand their application.

Issued

2021-10-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $21026.00 · Current $10500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii):The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.  (a) On or about August 5, 2021 employees were exposed to crushing/pinch point hazards and amputation injury while working on and around the Platt Coiling machine. The point of operation and ingoing nip points were not properly guarded.  (b) On or about August 5, 2021 employees were exposed to amputation hazards while working on the Platt coiling machine, due to lack of machine guarding for the blade that cuts the coil.  The  company Nova Coil was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.212(a)(3)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1371363, citation number1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on June 27, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 5401 W Franklin Br. Franklin WI, 53132.