OSHA Inspection: WEAVER BROS. INC.

Issued

2023-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $7813.00 Reduced

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 December 14, 2022, Weaver Bros., Inc. did not establish a lockout program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to be used to isolate energy sources such as the electrical disconnect on the Tecno Floor Scrapers located in House #2.

Issued

2023-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $0.00 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:  (1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy. (2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage. (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s). (4) Lockout or tagout device application. (5) Stored energy. (6) Verification of isolation. Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee shall verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.  a) On or about December 14, 2022, employees did not follow the requirements of 1910.147(d)(1) through 1910.147(d)(6) to ensure the lockout of the TECNO Floor Scraper before performing tasks such as, but not limited to cleaning the pulley system.

Issued

2023-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $7813.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1928.57(c)(4)(i): Guards, shields, and access doors shall be in place when the equipment is in operation.  a) On or about December 14, 2022, employees were exposed to an unguarded running cable attached to the Floor Scraper while working at A1 Farmhouses.

Issued

2023-02-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $5581.00 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.  a) On or about November 30, 2022, the employer failed to report within 24 hours an employee's hospitalization due to a caught in amputation that occurred in House #2.

Issued

2023-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1253.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.   a) On or about December 14, 2022, the employer had not verified through a written certification of the workplace hazard assessment for work such as but not limited to cleaning the TECNO floor scraper pulley system with gloves on that the employees were allowed to bring onsite.