OSHA Inspection: FIVE HANDICAP, INC.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Jan 26, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $2,900 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:  Five Handicap, Inc. doing business as Mansfield Graphics located at 127 North Walnut Street in Mansfield, Ohio 44902:   a) On or about September 5, 2022, the employer did not develop and implement an energy control program consisting of training, procedures, and audits to protect employees from hazardous mechanical and pneumatic energy sources. Employees that performed tasks such as, but not limited to, clearing and replacing water jet tips on the OMAX 2652 Jet Machining Center where exposed to laceration and amputation hazards in that the energy sources were not isolated.   b) On or about September 5, 2022, the employer did not develop and implement an energy control program consisting of training, procedures and audits to protect employees from hazardous mechanical and pneumatic energy sources. Employees that performed tasks such as, but not limited to, cleaning internal nozzles of the Chemcut Corporation etching machine are exposed to laceration hazards in that energy sources were not isolated.