Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19100212 A03 II General requirements for all machines.
Inspection Nr: 1009239.015
Citation: 01002B
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Date: 02/29/2016 2
Initial Penalty: $38,500.00
Current Penalty: $0.00
Issuance Date: 05/19/2015
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 70
Related Event Code (REC):
Gravity: 10
Report ID: 0521400
Contest Date: 06/09/2015
Final Order: 09/03/2015
Emphasis:
Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalty | P: Petition to Mod Abatement | $0.00 | 02/29/2016 | Serious | ||
Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 09/03/2015 | $0.00 | 10/15/2015 | Serious | |
Penalty | C: Contested | 06/10/2015 | $38,500.00 | 06/21/2015 | Repeat | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 05/19/2015 | $38,500.00 | 06/21/2015 | Repeat |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002B Hazard:
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle. Production, grinding department: employees were operating and performing production on CNC creep feed grinders where the point-of-operation safeguarding devices were not installed and configured in accordance with applicable and appropriate standards. All hazardous point-of-operation motions did not stop. Employees opening access doors during automated process were exposed to having their finger(s) and/or hand(s) amputated. Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d). The Abrasive-Form, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315239277, citation number 01, item number 003 and was affirmed as a final order on October 6, 2011, with respect to a workplace located at 454 Scott Drive, Bloomingdale, IL 60108.