OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL STATES MARKETING & MANUFACTURING, INC.

Issued

Dec 20, 2021

Abate by

Jan 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,458 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:  Authorized and affected employees throughout the facility were exposed to electrical, struck-by and caught-between hazards in that the employer did not assess all equipment to develop a control of hazardous energy written program consisting of energy control procedures, and employee training to identify potential hazards of unexpected energization or start-up or release of stored energy including electric, hydraulic, pneumatic and gravity.

Issued

Dec 20, 2021

Abate by

Jan 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,827 · Current $4,096 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  Employees engaged in maintenance activities were exposed to hazardous energy, such as 480VAC and pneumatic power in that existing specific energy control procedures were not being used when locking out and tagging this equipment, increasing the potential for employees to miss a critical step, exposing maintenance employees to electrical hazards, amputation, caught-in, and struck by hazards in the following instances:  Production Floor   1) Amercan Maplan HAUL OFF  2) Amercan Maplan HAUL OFF   3) Conair HAUL OFF   4) Battenfeld HAUL OFF   5) American Maplan HAUL OFF   6) CDS HAUL OFF   7) Novatec Saw  8) CSM Saw   9) Conair Saw   10) CSM Saw  11) CDS Saw  12) CDS Saw   13) CSM Saw  14) Battenfeld Saw

Issued

Dec 20, 2021

Abate by

Jan 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $5,734 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii):Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):  At the Maintenance Area, employee(s) engaged in maintenance activities, were exposed to amputation hazards in that the point of operation was not guarded at the Falcon Chevalier Mill.

Issued

Dec 20, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,277 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.215(a)(4):Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:  At the Maintenance Area, employees engaged in production activities were exposed to struck by hazards in that the work rests were not adjusted to one eighth of an inch in the following instances:   1) At Production Central Machinery Bench Grinder adjusted to 7/8 of an inch.  2) At Tooling Task Force Bench Grinder adjusted to 3/4 of an inch.

Issued

Dec 20, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,277 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.215(b)(9):The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:  At the Maintenance Area, employees engaged in production activities at bench grinders were  exposed to struck by and caught in hazards in that the grinding wheels were not adjust to 1/4 inch from tongue guard in the following instances:  1) At Production Central Machinery Bench Grinder adjusted to 1/2 of an inch.  2) At Tooling Task Force Bench Grinder adjusted to 1 1/2 inches.

Issued

Dec 20, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,458 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A):Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:  In the Maintenance Shop, employee(s) engaged in manufacturing activities were exposed to fire and electrical shock hazards in that a flexible cord was used to supply power to a lathe in lieu of fixed wiring.