OSHA Inspection: MCARTHUR MACHINING, INC.

Issued

2026-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2270.00 · Current $1900.00 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:  a) Production Department - On or about December 9, 2025, the employer did not develop, document, or utilize an energy control program (lockout/tagout program), that included an energy control procedure for employees to follow, training to ensure that all required elements of the procedure were understood by employees, including safe application, usage, and removal of the energy isolating controls, and periodic inspections to ensure that employees were protected from injuries caused by the unexpected energizing of equipment or release of stored energy while performing servicing or maintenance on equipment, such as performing changeovers on the HAAS CNC machines and changing blades on the vertical and horizontal bandsaws.   In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

2026-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2270.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding were 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) Production Department- On or about December 4, 2025, the employer did not ensure that employees were adequately protected from hazards created by rotating parts, such as the unused portions of the W. F. Wells and Sons, Inc. Horizontal Band Saw blade and the Peerless Horizontal Band Saw blade.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).