OSHA Inspection: ROYAL METAL PRODUCTS

Issued

May 19, 2026

Abate by

May 29, 2026

Penalty

Initial $8,513 · Current $8,513

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.  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.  a. On or about January 23, 2026, the employer did not develop and document procedures for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees performed service or maintenance activities such as but not limited to cleaning on the laser shuttle tables.

Issued

May 19, 2026

Abate by

May 29, 2026

Penalty

Initial $8,513 · Current $8,513

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 accordance with the (d)(1) through (d)(6):  a. On or about January 23, 2026, an employee was exposed to the moving shuttle table while performing maintenance and servicing activities such as but not limited to cleaning the slates of the shuttle table. The employer failed to implement energy control application steps as the machine was not shut down or turned off to perform the servicing work [per the 1910.147 (d)(2) requirements]. As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving machine isolation [(d)(3)], LOTO device application [(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [(d)(5)], and verification of isolation [(d)(6)], were not implemented to protect employees from machine servicing hazards.