Text For Citation: 03 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was 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) Throughout the facility; Operators were not effectively protected from rotating parts and flying chips such as, but not limited to: (i) The Bridgeport milling machine, in the maintenance area; The rotating chuck and tooling shaft were not guarded from accidental contact and the operator was not protected from flying metal shavings, (ii) The metal straightener on the Komatsu 250 ton mechanical press #PL122; The discharge rollers on the metal straightener were not effectively guarded, and (iii) The Rowe metal straightener on the Clearing 200 ton mechanical press line #PL110; The ingoing feed rollers and the discharge rollers on the metal straightener were not effectively guarded. KAPCO, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection # 961283, Citation 1, Item 1 issued on June 14, 2014, and was affirmed as a final order on July, 9 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 805 Seminole Avenue, Osceola, WI.