OSHA Inspection: BUILDER'S CHOICE, INC.

Issued

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $8067.00

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:  On or about January 11, 2024, where employees were exposed to caught-in, struck-by, and electrical hazards while performing maintenance and servicing work on machines and equipment without having an energy control program that included energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections.

Issued

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $8067.00

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(s):  On or about January 11, 2024:      a. In the Drill TeQ Machine area employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while using a Drill TeQ D500 Drilling and Doweling machine without a form of guarding to protect employees from the point of operation.         b. In the Edge TeQ Machine area where employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while using an Edge TeQ 380 edge banding machine without a guard to protect employees from infeed point of operation.

Issued

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6453.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  On or about January 11, 2024, in the Finishing area employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while using a Jet brand circular handfed ripsaw without kickback fingers or dogs to prevent material from being kicked back toward the operator.