OSHA Inspection: ARTONOMY, INC.

Issued

2025-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $4634.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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) On or before November 8, 2024, the employer did not have an energy control program that consisted of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections  for current processes that required employees to performing servicing and maintenance on equipment such as but not limited to; Pistorius Miter Saw Model Number: 200 Serial Number: 2784500317214 and CTD Miter Saw Model Number: D45X Serial Number: 2711x saws to ensure authorized employees were  provided the knowledge of the hazardous energy sources and the machine specific procedures to isolate hazardous energy sources such as; electric, hydraulics, pneumatics, and gravity.

Issued

2025-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence: (1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.  (2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.  (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).  (4) Lockout or tagout device application.  (4)(i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.  (4)(ii) Lockout devices, where used, shall be affixed in a manner to that will hold the energy isolating devices in a "safe" or "off" position.  (5) Stored energy.  (5)(i) Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe.  (5)(ii) If there is a possibility of reaccumulation of stored energy to a hazardous level, verification of isolation shall be continued until the servicing or maintenance is completed, or until the possibility of such accumulation no longer exists.  (6) Verification of isolation. Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee shall verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.   a)On or before 11/08/2024, the employer did not ensure that (d)(1) through (d)(6) for the electrical disconnects and the pneumatic energy sources were followed by authorized employees performing servicing and maintenance operations on equipment such as but not limited to; the Pistorius Miter Saw Model Number: 200 Serial Number: 2784500317214 and CTD Miter Saw Model Number: D45X Serial Number: 2711x saws. Employees were exposed to unexpected startup when performing changing of the saw blades.

Issued

2025-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $4634.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1):Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.  a) On or about November 14, 2024, the employer did not ensure the Pistorius Miter Saw  Model Number: 200 Serial Number: 2784500317214 blade was adequately guarded to prevent employees from reaching the cutting blade during operation.  b)On or about November 14, 2024, the employer did not ensure the CTD Miter Saw Model Number: D45X Serial Number: 2711x blade was adequately guarded to prevent employees from reaching the cutting blade during operation.