OSHA Inspection: CUSTOM MOLDING SOLUTIONS LLC

Issued

2026-06-02

Abate by

2026-08-03

Penalty

Initial $3972 · Current $2400 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:  a) On or about 05/18/2026, throughout establishment; where employees perform servicing and/or maintenance activities such as: changing grinder wheels, setting up and cleaning equipment such as but not limited to CNC and Molding Machines. The employer has not developed machine specific energy control procedures, nor has the employer trained to the authorized level or periodically reviewed employees performing covered operations where the employees were exposed to potentially hazardous energy sources.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2026-06-02

Abate by

2026-08-03

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not 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:  a) On or about 05/18/2026 throughout establishment; where employees perform servicing and/or maintenance activities such as changing grinder wheels, setting up and cleaning equipment such as but not limited to CNC and Molding Machines, employees were not trained to recognize hazardous energy sources in the workplace and the means and methods (procedures) used to control those hazardous energy sources.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2026-06-02

Abate by

2026-06-25

Penalty

Initial $5296 · Current $3100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding were 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:  a) On or about 05/18/2026 in the Molding Shop, where employees were exposed to pinch point/caught between hazards around the unguarded inject unit of the Molding Machine 500 TON #2.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2026-06-02

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(2): Annual electronic submission of OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by establishments with 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form:  a) On or about 05/18/2026, the employer failed during the calendar year 2025, to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by 03/02/2026. The establishment employed 29 employees and is classified as 326199 during the calendar year 2025.   NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED