OSHA Inspection: HOFFSTETTER TOOL & DIE INC.

Issued

Feb 5, 2024

Abate by

Feb 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1):  Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:  a) Storage and Fabrication Area - On or about August 15, 2023, the employer exposed employees to entrapment and fire hazards in that, all exit doors were equipped with a dead bolt and a twist knob locks.

Issued

Feb 5, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,610 · Current $2,305 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) Production - On or about August 15, 2023, the employer exposed employees to struck by and crushing injuries while performing job tasks such as servicing, set up and repair to the press and CNC machinery. The employer did not develope a program to include, individual energy control procedures for each machinery, employee training and periodic inspections for potentially hazardous energy sources, such as but not limited to, electrical and pneumatic.

Issued

Feb 5, 2024

Abate by

Feb 15, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $5,162 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point of operation guards were not designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:  (a) On or about August 15, 2023, the employer exposed employees to injuries while operating a power press when the machinery was set up in a continuous mode with a magnetic guard in place allowing access to the point of operation.

Issued

Feb 5, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), 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:  a) Warehouse and Machine areas - On or about August 15, 2023, the employer exposed employees to injuries while using transfer chemical spray bottles and dispensing bottles without labeling for products such as but not limited to cleaners, Mean Green Degreaser, Air Lube Oil and Mixed Spirits while used when performing maintenance and repair of machinery.