OSHA Inspection: ERIE PLATING COMPANY

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6): The employer did not ensure that all nameplates or markings were maintained in a legible condition:    A.) Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, waste water treatment area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees operate a Yale powered industrial truck for activities including, but not limited to, transporting totes of caustic soda.  The load chart on the powered industrial truck was illegible.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    A.) Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, waste water treatment area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees operate a Yale powered industrial truck for activities including, but not limited to, transporting totes of caustic soda.  The right spot light on the powered industrial truck was burned out.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2000.00 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:    A.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, barrel line area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees access a mezzanine area to reset breakers on rectifiers.  The mezzanine platform was not equipped with a standard guardrail system when performing these tasks, and employees were exposed to a 12.1-feet fall hazard.    B.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, anodizing area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees access a mezzanine area to reset breakers on rectifiers.  The mezzanine platform was not equipped with a standard guardrail system when performing these tasks, and employees were exposed to a 10-feet fall hazard.    IN THE ALTERNATIVE:    29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    A.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, barrel line area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees access a mezzanine area to reset breakers on rectifiers.  Employees were not utilizing personal fall arrest systems when performing these tasks, and were exposed to a 12.1-feet fall hazard.     B.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, anodizing area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees access a mezzanine area to reset breakers on rectifiers.  Employees were not utilizing personal fall arrest systems when performing these tasks, and were exposed to a 10-feet fall hazard.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): Procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A), (c)(4)(ii)(B), (c)(4)(ii)(C) and (c)(4)(ii)(D):     A.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Employees on-site performing servicing and maintenance on various machinery including, but not limited to, the automatic barrel hoist line, hoists, and the overhead bridge crane.  The lockout tagout procedures did not include specific information regarding the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy; a specific statement of the intended use of the procedure; specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy; specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposed an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service:     A.)   Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, anodize area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  The flexible cord for an Eriez Magnetics Hi-Vi vibrator was damaged.  The damage included, but was not limited to, fraying to the outer jacket of the flexible cord where the cord ended into the vibrator.      B.)    Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, maintenance shop area, on or about April 1, 2014, and times prior thereto:  The flexible cord for a Modine heater fan was damaged.  The damage included, but was not limited to, fraying to the outer jacket of the flexible cord at the cord cap.      C.)    Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, maintenance shop area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  The flexible cord for a light on the Work-A-Matic band saw was damaged.  The damage included, but was not limited to, a slit in the outer jacket of the flexible cord near the cord cap.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, #27 pit, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  A Tripp-Lite re-locatable power tap was utilized to power sump pumps.  The re-locatable power tap was not listed and labeled for industrial use.  B.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, #27 pit, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  A metal electrical junction box with knockouts was lying non-affixed to the floor of the building, and was wired as a power tap to power pumps.  The metal electrical junction box is designed to be affixed to a surface.  The metal electrical junction box, when used in this manner, is not listed and labeled for the purpose.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(6): Conductors or equipment were located in damp or wet locations; where exposed to gases, fumes, vapors, liquids, or other agents that had a deteriorating effect on the conductors or equipment; or where exposed to excessive temperatures and were not identified for use in the operating environment:  A.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, passivate department, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Electrical boxes and cover plates used to power electrical equipment, including, but not limited to, fans, were exposed to moisture from hot water baths and were rusted.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.  A.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, anodized area, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  An electrical junction box, that was supplying power to an electrical outlet box, was missing a knockout.  The electrical outlet box, and its receptacles, were supplying power to equipment including, but not limited to a radio, a Magnatro, and an Eriez Magnetic Hi-Vi vibrator.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  A.)   Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, chemical stock room, on or about August 13, 2014 and times prior thereto:  The emergency eyewash was not equipped with caps and/or covers over the eye wash water nozzles.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(g)(1)(v): Pendant control box(es) were not clearly marked for identification of functions:  A.)   Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, anodizing area, on or about August 13, 2014 and times prior thereto:  Seven of the eight buttons on the pendant for the one-ton overhead crane were not labeled to identify their function.

Issued

2014-09-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:  A.)  Erie Plating Company, 656 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16501, maintenance shop, on or about March 20, 2014 and times prior thereto:  A welding cart with one oxygen and one acetylene cylinder was stored with two additional acetylene cylinders.