OSHA Inspection: WARWICK MACHINE & TOOL COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Feb 12, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee who wore prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involved eye hazards wore eye protection that incorporated the prescription in its design, or wore eye protection that could be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses:  (a) Warwick Machine & Tool Company, Inc., 1917 McFarland Drive, Landisville, Pennsylvania - Employees used equipment, including, but not limited to, grinders, sanders, and manual milling and drilling machines, which generated flying particles, and some employees who wore prescription glasses wore regular prescription glasses rather than safety eye protection that incorporated the prescription in its design or safety eye protection that could be worn over the prescription lenses, exposing these employees' eyes to a struck-by hazard, on or about October 10, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Feb 12, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  (a) Warwick Machine & Tool Company, Inc., 1917 McFarland Drive, Landisville, Pennsylvania - Employees did servicing and maintenance work on a variety of machinery and equipment, including, but not limited to, various CNC turning and milling machines, and the employer did not develop and implement machine specific energy control procedures, exposing employees to hazards, including, but not limited to, getting caught in and struck by moving machine parts, on or about October 10, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Feb 12, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:   (a) Warwick Machine & Tool Company, Inc., 1917 McFarland Drive, Landisville, Pennsylvania - The employer did not conduct annual periodic inspections of lockout/tagout, exposing employees to hazards, including, but not limited to, getting caught in and struck by moving machine parts, on or about October 15, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Mar 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $6,000 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) Machine Shop Area - Kalamazoo Industries benchtop belt sanders, with 1-inch wide and 2-inch wide sanding belts, did not have guarding on the unused run of the sanding belts, to protect against accidental contact, on or about October 10, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Mar 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulleys with parts seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  (a) Machine Shop Area - Kalamazoo Industries benchtop belt sanders, with 1-inch wide and 2-inch wide sanding belts, did not have complete guarding around their motor pulleys, exposing employees to caught in and entanglement hazards, on or about October 10, 2024.  (b) Machine Shop Area, by the Broaching Machine - The speed adjustment pulleys, 67.5 inches above the floor, on the Bridgeport milling machine did not have guarding on 11.75-inch long by 2.5-inch high sections on both sides of the machine, exposing employees to caught-in and entanglement hazards, on or about October 10, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Feb 12, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i): Horizontal belts which had both runs seven feet or less from the floor level were not guarded with a guard that extended to at least fifteen inches above the belt:   (a) Machine Shop Area, by the Broaching Machine - The speed adjustment belt, 67.5 inches above the floor, on the Bridgeport milling machine did not have guarding on 11.75-inch long by 2.5-inch high sections on both sides of the machine, exposing employees to caught-in and entanglement hazards, on or about October 10, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Abate by

Mar 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  (a) Machine Shop, EDM Area - A homemade extension cord, consisting of a flexible cord with a metal knockout box with a 230-Volt receptacle attached at one end and a 20-amp 250-Volt four-prong twist lock plug attached to the other end, supplied power to the Miller Syncrowave 200 (208?230 Volt) arc welder, was not installed in accordance with the box's listing, labeling, or certification in that the knockout box was not securely and rigidly mounted to the building or other support structure, exposing employees to injurious contact with electrical current, on or about September 9, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2025

Penalty

Initial $5,627 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:  (a) Machine Shop Area - The employer did not maintain sufficient access and working space to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance about electrical equipment, including the breaker box labeled as "Panel/C", in that a work table with a Kalamazoo 2-inch belt sander sat directly in front of the breaker box, exposing employees to electrical hazards, on or about October 10, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.