OSHA Inspection: NUVASIVE, INC.

Issued

2025-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7093.00 · Current $4965.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:   (1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.?  ?(2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.?  (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).?  (4) Lockout or tagout device application.?  ?(4)(i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.?  ?(4)(ii) Lockout devices, where used, shall be affixed in a manner to that will hold the energy isolating devices in a "safe" or "off" position.?  ?(6) Verification of isolation. Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee shall verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.  a) On or about January 23, 2025, the employer did not ensure that (d)(1) through (d)(4) and (d)(6) were followed by authorized final process technicians cleaning tanks on the anodizing tank line for the semi crane.

Issued

2025-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1328.00 · Current $930.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.147(c)(4)(ii): General - Energy control procedure. The procedures shall 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, the following:  (B) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy; (C) Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and (D) Specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.  a) On or about January 23, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the energy control specific procedures for the Annodizing Tank Line identified the specific procedural steps for isolating the semi crane when final process technicians were cleaning the tanks, exposing the technicians to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

2025-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1328.00 · Current $930.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following: (A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.  a) On or about January 23, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the final process technicians cleaning the tanks in the anodizing tank line were trained as authorized employees on the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control in that each of the employees were not trained to lockout hazardous energy sources at the semi crane, exposing the technicians to struck by hazards.