OSHA Inspection: FOUR D CORPORATION

Issued

2016-12-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3029.00 · Current $1817.00 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, 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:  Plant:  On or about November 3, 2016, and times prior to, employees worked on the tire recycling plant equipment that had energy sources such as but not limited to electro-mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic.  There were no specific equipment/system lockout/tagout procedures which exposed the employees to the hazard of being caught in moving machinery.

Issued

2016-12-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3029.00 · Current $1817.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  Plant:  On or about November 3, 3016, and times prior to, employees were operating tire recycling machinery that had inadequately guarded rotating components.  This exposed the employees to the hazards of contacting moving machine parts in the following instances:  a)  Shredder input conveyor belt bottom support roller with in-running nip point.  b)  Grizzly input conveyor belt bottom support rollers with in-running nip points.  c)  Two magnetic table conveyors end belt rollers with in-running nip points.  d)  Magnetic table discharge auger conveyor intake opening with a rotating auger screw.  e)  Forsberg discharge auger conveyor intake opening with a rotating auger screw.

Issued

2016-12-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  Plant:  On or about November 3, 2016, and times prior to, employees operating and maintaining a tire recycling plant used provided personal protective equipment as safety glasses and gloves.  No certification of the assessment had been completed.