Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): General requirements for all machines. Machine guarding. Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc. a) On or about October 14, 2023, the employer did not ensure that machine guarding was adequate to prevent operators from reaching into an ingoing nip point created by the two rotating cone rollers at the Line 2 - ARG Lamination - Ring Puller machine. The purpose off the cone rollers were to detach the rubber hose from the glass windshield, when the hose gets stuck into the cone rollers operator attempt to detach manually while running, exposing operators to pinch points created within the cone rollers. The Fuyao Glass America, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.212(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1375726, citation number 2, item number 4 (c) and was affirmed as a final order on 08/20/2021, with respect to a workplace located at 800 Fuyao Avenue, Moraine, OH 45439.