OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN DRILLING AND PROTOYPING INC.

Issued

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1517.00 · Current $880.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i): LP-Gas Containers shall not be stored in a manner that exposes the containers to excessive temperature rise, physical damange, or tampering by unauthorized persons.    (a) Shop area (northside wall) - LP-Gas Containers were stored in a manner that exposed the containers to physical damange and tampering by unauthorized persons.      No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $1720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer shall 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) Facility Wide - The employer failed to establish a lockout tagout program that included an energy control procedure for employees to follow, training and periodic inspections to protect employees performing set up and maintenance from injury caused by unexpected start up and energy releases.  Employees were exposed to injury while servicing motors and performing "set up" work on equipment including, but not limited to, the Nardini - ND 1560E Lathe, and drill and tap machines with electrical and pnuematic energy sources that were not isolated or controlled.    In accordance with 29CFR 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

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $1380.00 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:    (a) Shop area - One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area of the Nardini - ND 1569 E lathe from hazards such as those created by ingoing nip points, and the rotating chuck.     (b) Shop area - One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the area from the unused portion of the rotating blade on the Rollin vertical band saw.     In accordance with 29CFR 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

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2529.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    (a) Shop Area (drill and tap machine with box 63) - Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded.   (b) Shop Area (drill and tap machine with box 64) - Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded.       No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical and inclined belts shall be enclosed by a guard conforming to standards in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.      (a) Shop Area (drill and tap machine with box 63) - Vertical and inclined belts seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not enclosed by a guard.     (b) Shop Area (drill and tap machine with box 64) - Vertical and inclined belts seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not enclosed by a guard.     No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2012-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1030.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:    (a) Shop Area (northside wall) - The required working space about electric equipment such as but not limited to the three 120/208 volt panels and the one 480 volt panel, rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage of a desk, boxes, and a step ladder.     (b) Shop Area (southside wall) - The required working space about electric equipment such as but not limited to the three 240 volt panels and the one 120/208 volt panel, rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage of a radio and speakers, wooden stools, and other various items.         In accordance with 29CFR 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.