OSHA Inspection: PRECISION ASSEMBLIES, INC.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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:  a)    Facility-wide - There was no written program, on or about November 20, 2013.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  a)   Conomatic Automatic Multi-Spindle Lathes - There were no written procedures, on or about November 20, 2013.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Each affected employee shall be instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure.   a)   Conomatic Automatic Multi-Spindle Lathes - Machine operators were not trained, on or about November 20, 2013.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:  a)    Conomatic Automatic Multi-Spindle Lathe - There was inadequate guarding where the operator stood, on or about November 20, 2013.