OSHA Inspection: THERMOCRAFT ENGINEERING

Issued

2025-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $2483.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(b)(6):Each exit sign was not illuminated to a surface value of at least five foot-candles (54 lux) by a reliable light source and be distinctive in color:  Location: Main shop  On or about 1/22/25, the employer did not ensure in the following instances that exit signs were illuminated:  a) The exit sign at the rear door of the facility adjacent to the employee restroom was not illuminated.   b) The exit sign at the rear door of the facility adjacent to the grinding area was not illuminated.  c) The exit sign at the front door of the facility was made of remnants of an exit sign, and was not illuminated.

Issued

2025-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $5793.00 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:  Or in the alternative:  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):  Location: Main Shop  a) On or about 1/28/25, the employer did not ensure that employees conducting setup work on a hydraulic press brake were protected from the hazards of unintentional operation of the brake. The employee's arm was viewed in the point of operation while the machine was powered on.

Issued

2025-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $465.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(b)(5):Each doorway or passage along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit was not marked "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or be identified by a sign indicating its actual use (e.g. closet):  Location: Main shop  On or about 1/22/25, a rear door that was formerly an emergency exit was blocked and not marked with a "Not an Exit" sign or similar designation.

Issued

2025-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $465.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.141(a)(3)(i):Places of employment were not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allowed:  On or about 1/22/25, the employer did not ensure that restrooms were maintained in a clean condition.

Issued

2025-07-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $465.00 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:  Location: Shop Floor  a) On or about 1/22/25, the employer did not ensure that sufficient access and working space was provided around an electrical panel operating at less than 600 volts. Two stacked pallets of material were in front of the panel, partially obstructing the door.

Issued

2025-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $465.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program that included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   Location: Main shop  On or about 1/22/25, the employer did not develop or implement a written hazard communication program that met the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) through (e)(1)(ii). The employer trained employees on SDS, but other components of the program were missing.