OSHA Inspection: PABST ENTERPRISES & EQUIPMENT INC

Issued

Jul 24, 2025

Abate by

Aug 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $3,972 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedures, 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) 676 Pennsylvania Ave ELIZABETH, NJ 07201 - The employer did not establish programs consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections for press brakes, drill presses, lathes, bending machines, and other machines. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.   Hazards observed on or about February 20, 2025.

Issued

Jul 24, 2025

Abate by

Aug 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,620 · Current $3,972 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:  Machine shop at 676 Pennsylvania Ave ELIZABETH, NJ 07201 -   a) Drill presses did not have adequate guarding to prevent accidental contact and injuries by flying chips during operation. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.  b) Milling machines did not have adequate guarding to prevent accidental contact and injuries by flying chips during operation. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.  c) Lathes did not have adequate guarding to prevent accidental contact and injuries by flying chips during operation. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.  d) Bending machines did not have adequate guarding to prevent accidental contact and injuries by flying chips during operation. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.  Hazards observed on or about June 10, 2025.

Issued

Jul 24, 2025

Abate by

Aug 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii):The point of operation of machines, whose operation exposes an employee to injury, were not guarded.  A) Sheet metal shop at 676 Pennsylvania Ave ELIZABETH, NJ 07201 - Press brakes did not have adequate guarding to prevent accidental contact during operation. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.  Hazards observed on or about February 20, 2025.