OSHA Inspection: HOMEWORTH FABRICATION & MACHINE, INC.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:  Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    Storage area:  Employees were exposed to falls of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1): Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:    (a)  The 13 steps leading to the office did not have a mid rail;    (b)  The 9 steps for the wood ladder did not have any hand rails.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):  The required workplace hazard assessment was not certified as being performed, identifying the person completing the assessment, and written certification of the date of the assessment:    The required workplace hazard assessment was not written and certified as being performed.    An employee who operates the CNC machines, grinders, saws, etc., was not wearing safety glasses.    The employer shall:    a)  Select, and have each affected employee use the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;    b)  Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee; and,    c)  Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1), (f)(2), and (f)(3) to employees required to use personal protective equipment:  The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required to use PPE, such as, but not limited to, safety glasses.  Each employee shall be trained to know at least the following:  a)    When PPE is necessary  b)    What PPE is necessary  c)    How to properly don, doff, adjust and wear PPE  d)    The limitationsof the PPE; and,  e)    The proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal of the PPE

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $720.00 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 energing, 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:    The company did not establish a program to protect employees involved with servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment from the unexpected energizing, start up, or release of stored energy.  Energy sources include, but are not limited to, electrical, pneuamtic, hydraulic, etc.  The company maintains and services equipment such as, but not limited to, CNC milling machines, lathes, saws, etc.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2):  The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:      The employer did not train employees on the use of portable fire extinguishers for those employees expected to fight incipient stage fires.      NOTE:  The employer may exercise one of the following options:      1)      Provide portable fire extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), meet the distribution requirements per 29 CFR 1910.157(d) (75 to the nearest extinguisher for Class A fires and 50 to the nearest extinguisher for Class B fires), and provide training and education for all employees in the use of such equipment and the hazards associated with incipient stage fire fighting as required in 29 CFR 1910.157(g).  The other sections of 29 CFR 1910.157 also apply.      2)      Provide extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c) (1), designate certain employees to be the only employees authorized to use such equipment and require all other employees to immediately evacuate upon the sounding of the fire alarm, establish this in writing in an emergency action plan as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.38(c) and train/educate designated employees per 1910.157(g).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from distribution requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157(d).      3)        Establish a written fire safety policy which requires the immediate and total evacuation of employees from the workplace upon the sounding of a fire alarm signal.  This policy includes an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan as specified in 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and (b).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from the requirements of 1910.157 to include the need for providing portable fire equipment unless a specific standard requires that a portable fire extinguisher be provided (such as those requirements in 29 CFR 1910.106/107 relating to use/storage of flammable/combustible liquids).  If extinguishers are provided but not intended for employee use, 29 CFR 1910.157(a) and (f) are still applicable (inspection, maintenance and testing of equipment).

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not provide training and evaluation for powered industrial truck operators:    Operaters were not trained in the safe use of powered industrial trucks.  Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and pratical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by point of operation, in-going nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    (a)  The Doria lathe, Model 2838, did not have a chuck guard;    (b)  The 20 inch Standard Lodge & Shipley lathe, did not have a chuck guard.  The guard was on top of the lathe;    (c)  The Hurco CNC machine, did not have an interlock;    (d)  The Chevalier CNC machine, did not have a functioning interlock.  The interlock was broken;    (e)  The Able lathe did not have a chuck guard;    (f)  The Kalamazoo vertrical band saw did not have the unused portions of the blade guard.  The opening measured approximately 7 inches.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2): Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not provided with safety guard(s) which covered the spindle end, nut, flange projections:    (a)  The Baldor wire wheel grinder did not have a side guard;    (b)  A wheel grinder, (no name/serial number), did not have a side guard.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage, was not maintained:  (a)  The 6 inch grinder did not have the work rest properly adjusted.  The opening measured approximately 1 inch on the left side and approximately 1/2 inch on the right side;  (b)  The Delta tool grinder did not have the work rest properly adjusted.  The opening measured approximately 1/2 inch.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:  (a)  6 inch grinder did not have the tongue guard properly adjusted.  The opening on the left side measured approximately  3/4 inch and the right side measured approximately 1/2 inch;  (b)  Milwaukee bench grinder did not have the tongue guard properly adjusted.  The opening measured approximately 1/2 inch;  (c)  Cutler Hammer grinder did not have the tongue guard properly adjusted.  The opening measured approximately 1/2 inch;  (d)  Delta tool grinder did not have the tongue guard properly adjusted.  The opening measured approximately 1/2 inch.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1): Abrasive wheel(s) were used on portable grinder(s) which were not provided with safety guard(s) meeting the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1) through (c)(4)(a):    (a)  A portable hand grinder, no name/serial number, did not have a guard;    (b)  A Metabo portable hand grinder, did not have a guard.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2):  Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:    A junction was hanging used to power a portable hand grinder.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    Sufficient working space for the electrical disconnects and panels located in the welding area, was not maintained.  The electrical panel was blocked by a welder.