OSHA Inspection: VBH TECHNOLOGIES

Issued

Aug 17, 2022

Abate by

Oct 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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 July 6, 2022, the employer did not have an energy control program that included specific energy isolation procedures, training for authorized, affected, and other employees, and periodic inspections of the procedures on an annual basis for equipment such as but not limited to; the Martin Table Top hose cutting machine.

Issued

Aug 17, 2022

Abate by

Oct 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:  Each employee was not required to: (1) turn off and shut down the machines, (2) physically locate and operate energy isolating devices in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the electric and pneumatic energy sources, (3) affix lockout or tagout devices to each energy-isolating device, (4) verify the effectiveness of energy isolation.  a) On or about July 6, 2022, on the Markin Table Top hose cutting machine, the machine operator performing servicing operations, did not lock out the electrical and air disconnects when performing tasks such as removing and changing out the hose cutting dies and clearing jams.

Issued

Aug 17, 2022

Abate by

Sep 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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) On or about July 6, 2022, the Markin tabletop hose cutting machine did not utilize adequate guarding methods to prevent employees from getting caught in the hose cutting blade.

Issued

Aug 17, 2022

Abate by

Aug 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $829 · Current $829

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.4(a): Basic requirement. Each employer required by this Part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that: (1) Is work-related; and (2) Is a new case; and (3) Meets one or more of the general recording criteria of �1904.7 or the application to specific cases of ��1904.8 through 1904.12.   a) On or about July 6, 2022, the employer did not ensure that an OSHA 300 form or equivalent form was maintained for the calendar year 2022., in that an employee suffered an amputation on June 6, 2022 and the injury was not recorded on the OSHA 300 form for 2022.

Issued

Aug 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $2,072 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2):Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.  VBH Technologies had an amputation occur on July 6, 2022, and did not report it to OSHA until July 11, 2022, which was past the 24-hour time limit required by OSHA for accident reporting.