OSHA Inspection: PPC BROADBAND, INC.

Issued

2022-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8287.00 · Current $5801.00 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:   a) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057 in the Machining Department at  the Screw Machines,  on or about July 14, 2022: Specific lockout procedures were not utilized for employees who changed the tooling on the ACME multi-spindle screw machines.

Issued

2022-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8287.00 · Current $5801.00 Reduced

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:  a) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, on or about July 14,2022: Annual inspections of energy control procedures were not conducted annually. Specific lockout tagout procedures that did not have periodic inspections on ACME machines including, but not limited to number 413, 411, 417, 426 and 414. All LOTO procedures observed had 2017 revisions.

Issued

2022-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(6)(i)(C):Where lockout was used for energy control, the periodic inspection did not include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected  a) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, on or about July 14, 2022: Periodic inspections of authorized employees who preform lockout tagout energy control procedures were not conducted including, but not limited to employees operating the ACME Multi-Spindle Screw Machines and the Hydromat Equipment.

Issued

2022-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8287.00 · Current $5801.00 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  a) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, on or about July 14, 2022: Lockout/tagout energy control training was not completed for employees who preform lockout tagout including, but not limited to employees operating the ACME Multi-Spindle Screw Machines and the Hydromat Equipment.

Issued

2022-08-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8287.00 · Current $5801.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding  were not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.   a) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057 ACME Department,  on or about July 14,2022 ACME Machine Number 411 was missing a fixed guard exposing employees to rotating parts.  b) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, ACME Department, on or about July 14, 2022 ACME Machine Number 417 was missing a fixed guard exposing employees to rotating parts.  c) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, Hydromat Department, on or about July 14, 2022 Hydromat Machine number 1 employee was exposed to a pinch point at the inverter station.  d) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, Hydromat Department, on or about July 14, 2022 Hydromat Machine number 3 employee was exposed to a pinch point at the inverter station.  e) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, Hydromat Department, on or about July 14, 2022 Hydromat Machine number 8 employee was exposed to a pinch point at the inverter station.  f) At PPC Broadband, Inc 6176 Easy Molloy Road East Syracuse NY, 13057, Hydromat Department,  on or about July 14, 2022 Hydromat Machine number 9 employee was exposed to a pinch point at the inverter station.

Issued

2022-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(1): The employer had not electronically submitted information from their recordkeeping forms required under this part once a year and no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section.     a) On or about 3/2/2022, The employer failed to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A for calendar year 2021 by 03/02/2022