OSHA Inspection: SFX AMERICA

Issued

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7969.00 · Current $7969.00

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.  Establishment - The employer did not require that the flood coater be locked out during cleaning despite the nature of the maintenance requiring the operator to open the guards and work at the point of operation.

Issued

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7969.00 · Current $3985.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(7)(i):The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees.  Establishment - The employer failed to provide two machine operators lock out tagout training prior to assigning them to clean the flood coater machine after each use.

Issued

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 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.    Establishment - The plexiglass guard for the rollers on one of the two flood coating machines was damaged enabling operators to access the rollers during the operating cycle.

Issued

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6641.00 · Current $3321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.  Establishment - the following secondary containers were missing required labeling information:  1. Collection container/sump consisting of a 2-gallon bucket for the UV coating fluid under the operating flood coater was not labeled.  2. Collection container/sump consisting of a small trash can for the UV coating fluid under the second flood coater was not labeled.

Issued

2023-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed.  Establishment - Employers written PPE JHA did not include a certification by the person completing the evaluation performed or the date the hazard assessment was performed.