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Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph

Inspection Nr: 1232187.015

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: Corrected During Inspection

Initial Penalty: $7,696.00

Current Penalty: $7,696.00

Issuance Date: 10/11/2017

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 10

Abatement Date:

Gravity: 5

Report ID: 0418400

Contest Date:

Final Order: 11/14/2017

Related Event Code (REC): C

Emphasis:


Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History
Type Latest Event Event Date Penalty Abatement Due Date Citation Type Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty Z: Issued 10/11/2017 $7,696.00   Serious  

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck-by hazards. a) Die Shop Area, on or about and at times prior to May 8, 2017, employees (machinist) were allowed to operate Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathe machines, such as, but not limited to a (Model: Mazak Quick Turn Nexus 450-II/S/N: 240657) on a daily basis attaching work (billets) onto a Kitagawa (Model: B-21- CL1-041) B-Type chuck for lathing. The gripping jaws attached to the chuck were not being used per the manufacturers safe operating instructions to prevent fly-out, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

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