OSHA Inspection: PREMIER PAN COMPANY, INC.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $6,000 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:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about December 13, 2019, during production activities near the Verson press brake number 522, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the exit end of a scrap onveyor for an automated press area was provided with machine guarding, exposing employees to the hazard of being caught in a nip point between the conveyor belt wheel and the conveyor belt.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, was not guarded in conformity with any appropriate standards therefore, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, it was not so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:   Instances including, but not limited to, the following:  a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about December 13, 2019, during production activities at the Verson Press Brake number 522, serial number 13349-1062, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the 2 hand controls used for machine guarding for the unit were appropriate, exposing employees to caught in hazards. The employer did not have them installed in a location based on a determined safety distance from a machine stopping time and the controls allowed you to let go of one palm button and then reactivate it to make the machine operate rather than having to let go of both buttons first.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $7,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(7)(iii): The means of selecting Off, "Inch," Single Stroke, and Continuous (when the continuous function is furnished) that was supplied with the clutch/brake control to select type of operation of the press was not capable of being supervised by the employer:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Torc-Pac part revolution press number 11, serial number 57-7135, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the mode control selection switch was supervised so as to prevent selections between different operating modes.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Aug 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $7,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(f)(2): The employer did not train and instruct the operator in the safe method of work before starting work on any operation covered by this section and the employer did not insure by adequate supervision that correct operating procedures were being followed:      a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Torc-Pac part revolution press number 11, serial number 57-7135 and Warco part revolution press number 2, serial number 5346, both located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that employees were properly trained in press safety or that proper safety practices were followed while operating these machines. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, not ensuring that the staff understood at least mechanical power press safety basics such as the relationship between 2 hand controls and stop times for machine guarding, that ghost/double cycles were not permissible or that mode selector switches needed to be supervised and failing to properly enforce safety practices regarding not reaching into press danger areas.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $7,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(14)(i): The brake monitor was not constructed so as to automatically prevent the activation of a successive stroke if the stopping time or braking distance deteriorates to a point where the safety distance being utilized does not meet the requirements set forth in paragraph (c)(3)(iii)(e) or (c)(3)(vii)(c) of this section:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    b) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during hands in die production activities on the Warco part revolution press number 2, serial number 5346, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the brake monitor system was constructed in such a manner that it would prevent the press from operating if the stopping time or safety distance for the 2 hand controls deteriorated to an unsafe limit. The press had an older style control system that did not perform this task and additional components that could do so were not installed on the controls.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(14)(ii): The brake monitor was not installed on the press such that it indicated when the performance of the braking system had deteriorated to the extent described in paragraph (b)(14)(i) of this section:   Instances including, but not limited to, the following:  b) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during hands in die production activities on the Warco part revolution press number 2, serial number 5346, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the brake monitor system was installed in such a manner that it indicated when the safety distance for the 2 hand controls used for machine guarding had deteriorated to an unsafe limit.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Aug 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $7,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(i): The employer did not follow a program of periodic and regular inspections of his power presses to ensure that all their parts, auxiliary equipment, and safeguards were in a safe operating condition and adjustment:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Torc-Pac part revolution press number 11, serial number 57-7135, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that an appropriate system of inspections was implemented to keep machinery in safe operating condition. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, repeated press ghost/double cycles not being properly repaired and failing to ensure that the control mode selector switch was capable of being supervised.     b) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, hands in die during production activities on the Warco part revolution press number 2, serial number 5346, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that an appropriate system of inspections was implemented to keep machinery in safe operating condition. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, failing to ensure that an appropriate brake monitor system was installed and in use on the press and not ensuring that compliant machine guarding was provided for the operator.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Aug 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(e)(3): The employer did not insure the original and continuing competence of personnel caring for, inspecting, and maintaining power presses:    Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Torc-Pac part revolution press, serial number 57-7135, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the maintenance staff was properly trained to identify, maintain or make repairs on presses. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, maintenance staff not properly identifying the cause of ghost cycles/double cycles and making proper repairs and the mode selector controller was able to be supervised.     b) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Warco part revolution press, serial number 5346, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the maintenance staff was properly trained to identify, maintain or make repairs on presses. Deficiencies noted during the inspection included, but were not limited to, not ensuring that a proper safety distance was maintained between 2 hand controls and the press tooling area based on a stopping time at 90 degrees and not having the brake monitor system appropriately set up to alert the user if the stopping time deteriorated to an unsafe limit.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1): Walking-working surfaces were inspected, regularly and as necessary, and maintained in a safe condition:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about December 13, 2019, during production activities near the Verson Press Brake number 522, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that the floors were maintained in a safe condition in that there were holes in the floor that were not filled in, exposing employees to tripping hazards.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(a): Permanent aisles and passageways were not appropriately marked:      Instances including, but not limited to, the following:    a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about December 13, 2019, during production activities near presses 858 and 826 located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that forklift travel paths were marked, exposing employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not, within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA:      a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, the employer did not report an amputation injury to OSHA within the required 24 hour period. The injury occurred on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at approximately 10:20 AM and it was not reported to OSHA until Sunday, November 24, 2019 at approximately 3:23 PM.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard were being followed:   a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 22, 2019, the employer did not ensure that an annual audit of their energy control program had been done in order to ensure that appropriate lockout/tagout safety practices were being followed and that the precepts of the OSHA regulatory requirements were being met.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i): The employer did not provide and insure the usage of "point of operation guards" or properly applied and adjusted point of operation devices on every operation performed on a mechanical power press:   Instances including, but not limited to, the following:  a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Warco part revolution press, serial number 5346, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that appropriate machine guarding was in use on the sides of the press. No guarding was provided over openings on the sides of the press which were determined to be at least approximately 15 inches wide and 9 inches tall with a distance of approximately 16 inches to the tooling area.

Issued

May 6, 2020

Abate by

Jun 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(b)(1): Flywheels located so that any part is seven (7) feet or less above floor or platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph:   Instances including, but not limited to, the following:  a) Job site, 33 McGovern Road, Crescent, PA: On or about November 23, 2019, during production activities on the Warco part revolution press, serial number 5346, located in building 4, the employer did not ensure that appropriate machine guarding was in use over the flywheel in that only the portion of the flywheel at or below approximately 77 inches (6 feet 5 inches) from the floor was guarded.