OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN HOUSEWARES MFG. CORPORATION

Issued

Mar 12, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(i): The employer did not maintain a certification record of inspections which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the power press that was inspected:  Location: 755 E 134th St Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about February 27, 2020, there was no record of inspection that included the date, signature and identifier of the power press that was being inspected.  (See attached list of presses)

Issued

Mar 12, 2020

Abate by

Apr 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(e)(3): Original and continuing competence of personnel maintaining mechanical power press(es) was not insured:  Location: 755 E 134th St Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about February 14, 2020, the employer did not ensure that the employees conducting maintenance/repairs on the mechanical power presses were trained.  (See attached list of presses)

Issued

Mar 12, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $6,747

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye:  Location: 755 E 134th St Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about February 26, 2020, the employer reported a work-related incident resulting in an amputation that occurred on the February 14, 2020 (approximately 14 days after).

Issued

Mar 12, 2020

Abate by

Apr 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $18,892 · Current $18,892

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.217(b)(6)(i): A two-hand trip did not have the individual operator's hand controls protected against unintentional operation and have the individual operator's hand controls arranged by design and construction and/or separation to require the use of both hands to trip the press and use a control arrangement requiring concurrent operation of the individual operator's hand controls.  Location: 755 E 134th St Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about February 14, 2020, the employer did not provide palm button ring guards to the mechanical power press's two-hand trip controls rendering the two-hand trip controls unsafe by holding downward an arm or blocking across both buttons, thereby permitting one-hand operation exposing employees to a caught-in hazard. E.W. Bliss Power press  The AMERICAN HOUSEWARES MFG. CORP. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.217(b)(6)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1365286, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 8th, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 755 E 134th St Bronx NY 10454.