OSHA Inspection: SHERWIN WILLIAMS

Issued

Dec 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $75,092 · Current $13,653 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 September 20, 2021, employees were exposed to machine hazards associated with moving parts during servicing and cleaning of the extruder machine on Line 6. The employer failed to implement energy control application steps as the machine was not shut down or turned off to perform the servicing work [per the 1910.147(d)(2) requirements]. As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving machine isolation [(d)(3)], LOTO device application [(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [(d)(6)], were not implemented to protect employees from machine servicing hazards.  Sherwin Williams was previously cited for a Serious violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1910.147(d), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1280357, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on May 30, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 711 West Wabash, Effingham, IL 62401.