OSHA Inspection: STS INDUSTRIAL INCORPORATED

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6453.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(11)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each flight of stairs having at least 3 treads and at least 4 risers was equipped with stair rail systems and handrails as described in 29 CFR 1910.28 Table D-2, Stairway Handrail Requirements.  a) Stairway leading to upstairs office area was not equipped with a stair rails system with handrails on the open side.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $6775.00 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:  a) Procedures for the control of energy when employees performed blade changes on equipment such as SYO-MECH, S-20A Series II, band saw had not been established.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4840.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was 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:  a) HYD-MECH, S-20A Series II, band saw missing guard for rotating blade.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4840.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  a) Unused openings in electrical panel were not sufficiently labeled as unused.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:  a) An unused opening in the junction box and unused openings on the electrical panel were not effectively closed.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(b)(2)(i): Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose.  In completed installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  a) Junction box on wall was not effectively covered.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $8469.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  a) On or about August 14, 2023, where a receptable on wall with guard not in place.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $8469.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.304(g)(5): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent, continuous, and effective:  a) On or about August 14, 2023, on the facility floor,  electrical equipment was plugged into an extension cord with a missing ground prong.

Issued

2024-02-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-02-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $8469.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.333(a)(1): Live parts to which an employee may be exposed were not deenergized before the employee worked on or was near to them:  a) On or about August 14, 2023, energy control procedures were not utilized to de-energize electrical circuits prior to maintenance.