OSHA Inspection: SHINTONE USA INC.

Issued

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $893.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:    a.     5380-A Rafe Banks Drive, Flowery Branch, GA (Shop Area) -  Employees were exposed to entrapment hazard.  The designated, marked, and identified emergency exit doors located throughout the shop area were hidden by the large moving robotic welding machines and were not in the line of sight. There were no directional exit markings indicating the way to travel, on or about 01/29/2013.

Issued

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $1785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.144(a)(1)(iii): Emergency stop bars on hazardous machines such as rubber mills, wire blocks, flat work ironers, etc., were not red. Stop buttons or electrical switches which letters or other markings appear, used for emergency stopping of machinery were not red:    Or in the Alternative:    29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv): There shall be no damaged parts that may adversely affect safe operation or mechanical strength of the equipment, such as parts that are broken, bent, cut, or deteriorated by corrosion, chemical action, or overheating.    a.  5380-A Rafe Banks Drive, Flowery Branch, GA (Shop Area) - Employees were exposed to struck-by and caught-between hazard.  The "red" emergency stop button on the robotic welding machines was missing and/or broken off from the electrical switches of the welding machines control panels, on or about 01/29/2013.         a.  Robotic Welding Machine #29       b.  Robotic Welding Machine #32

Issued

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $893.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(D): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control:    a.  5405 Rafe Banks Drive, Suite A, Flowery Branch, GA (Shop Area) - Employees were exposed to sudden energization or start-up of multi-energy source.  The company's lockout/tagout machine specific procedures did not include specific requirements for testing the machines or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices and other energy control measures. Equipment includes but is not limited to, the robotic welding machines, on or about 01/29/2013.

Issued

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed:    a.     5405 Rafe Banks Drive, Suite A, Flowery Branch, GA (Shop Area) - Employees were exposed to sudden energization or start-up of multi-energy source machines.    The employer did not conduct periodic insptections of the Lockout/Tagout procedures to assure that the procedures were being followed and corrections were made as needed to the robotic welding machines, on or about 01/29/2013.

Issued

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $893.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields:     a.     5405 Rafe Banks Drive, Suite A, Flowery Branch, GA (Shop Area) - The adjacent employees were exposed to welding rays hazard.   The employer did not utilize protective welding screens and/or shields in areas adjacent to where the hand welding work was being performed, on or about 01/29/2013.