OSHA Inspection: ALPHA INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, LLC

Issued

2025-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $2412.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   At an establishment located at 201 East Vinal Street, Wittenburg, Wisconsin, the employer did not develop, document, or utilize procedures to control hazardous energy exposing employees to caught in and struck by hazards in the following instances:  a) On or about June 11, 2025, the employer did not develop and document procedures to be utilized when employees were engaged in service and maintenance activities on the Giddings and Lewis-Bickford machine (G&L) (Serial: 988-01031-61). Employees were exposed to amputation hazards when changing the tooling.  b) On or about  June 11, 2025, the employer did not develop and document procedures to be utilized when employees were engaged in service and maintenance activities on the 500-ton 4 post hydraulic press. Employees were exposed to amputation hazards when changing the tooling.  Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.

Issued

2025-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $2412.00

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 June 11, 2025, at an establishment located at 201 East Vinal Street, Wittenburg, Wisconsin, employees operating the Giddings and Lewis-Bickford machine (G&L) (Serial: 988-01031-61) were exposed to laceration, amputation, and crushing hazards associated with the moving carriage and cutting heads of the machine. The machine was not effectively guarded to prevent exposure to these hazards.  b) On or about June 11, 2025, at an establishment located at 201 East Vinal Street, Wittenburg, Wisconsin, employees operating the YCM CNC Vertical Machining Center (Model: XV1020A, Serial: 0922) were exposed to laceration, amputation, and crushing hazards associated with the oil skimmer wheel of the CNC machine. The machine was not effectively guarded to prevent exposure to these hazards.

Issued

2025-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.  On or about June 11, 2025, at an establishment located at 201 East Vinal Street, Wittenburg, Wisconsin, employees operating the 500-ton 4 post hydraulic press were exposed to struck-by hazards created by the ram of the press. The point of operation was not effectively guarded to prevent exposure to these hazards.

Issued

2025-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2894.00 · Current $2894.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Unless specifically permitted otherwise in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this section, flexible cords and cables may not be used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure.  On or about June 12, 2025, at a facility located at 201 East Vinal Street, Wittenburg, Wisconsin, employees operating the YCM CNC Vertical Machining Center (Model: XV1020A, Serial: 0922) were exposed to electrical shock hazards and fire hazards when an extension cord was utilized as permanent wiring for additional lighting in the chip enclosure.