OSHA Inspection: SHEFFIELD METALS, INTERNATIONAL

Issued

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 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 energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4):      (a) Sheffield Metals, International at 4787 Leyden Street, Denver, CO 80216:  On or before, September 9, 2015, as part of the injury/accident prevention responsibilities under its safety program, 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 energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative in accordance with the standard, including but not limited to the following: Monarch Stamco Steel Slitter Machine. This condition exposed employees to the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored hazardous energy resulting in an injury.  On September 9, 2015, a Slitter Machine Operator was cleaning the rubber rollers of the slitter machine when his right hand and fore arm was pulled into the In-Running Nip Point of the machine.  This machine had not been shut down by using appropriate Lockout/Tagout Procedures.       Abatement Note:  As part of an energy-control program, employers must:      (1)     Establish energy-control procedures for removing the energy supply from machines and for putting appropriate lockout or tagout devices on the energy-isolating devices to prevent unexpected reenergization.  When appropriate, the procedure also must address stored or potentially reaccumulated energy.      (2)     Train employees on the energy-control program, including the safe application, use, and removal of energy controls; and      (3)     Inspect these procedures periodically (at least annually) to ensure that they are being followed and that they remain effective in preventing employee exposure to hazardous energy.      The energy-control procedures must outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques that employees will use to control hazardous energy sources, as well as the means that will be used to enforce compliance.  These procedures must provide employees at least the following information:      (1)     A statement on how to use the procedures;      (2)     Specific procedural steps to shut down, isolate, block, and secure machines;      (3)     Specific steps designating the safe placement, removal, and transfer of lockout/tagout devices and identifying who has responsibility for the lockout/tagout devices; and      (4)     Specific requirements for testing machines to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy-control measures.

Issued

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):  Machine guarding was not provided to protect operators and other employees from hazards created by ingoing nip point and rotating parts:      (a) Sheffield Metals, International at 4787 Leyden Street, Denver, CO 80216: On or before September 9, 2015, as part of the injury/accident prevention responsibilities under its safety program, the employer did not ensure that each Monarch Stamco Steel Slitter Machine was properly guarded to safe guard employees from hazards such as those created by In-Running Nip Points and Rotating Parts during the operating cycles.