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Standard Cited:5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph
| Violation Items | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr: 1353654.015 | Citation: 01002A | Issuance: 04/08/2019 | ReportingID: 0830500 | ||
| Viol Type: | Serious | NrInstances: | 1 | Contest Date: | 04/30/2019 |
| Abatement Date: | 04/15/2020 | Nr Exposed: | 3 | Final Order: | 05/18/2020 |
| Initial Penalty: | $8,525.00 | REC: | A | Emphasis: | |
| Current Penalty: | $8,500.00 | Gravity: | 05 | Haz Category: | |
| Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Event | Date | Penalty | Abatement | Type | FTA Insp | |
| Penalty | Z: Issued | 04/08/2019 | $8,525.00 | 05/13/2019 | Serious | ||
| Penalty | : | 05/01/2019 | $8,525.00 | 05/13/2019 | Serious | ||
| Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 05/18/2020 | $8,500.00 | 04/15/2020 | Serious | ||
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002A 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 by table saw kick-blade: a) Sun Mountain, Inc. at 140 Commerce Road, Berthoud, Colorado: On or before October 16, 2018, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from struck-by hazards, in that the riving knife was not installed on the SawStop table saw while rabbeting. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards by table saw kick-back. Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable means of abatement is to read and follow the warnings listed in the owner's manual. Page 8 of the SawStop 10" Professional Cabinet Saw states "Use the riving knife for non-through sawing". Additionally, page 32 states "The riving knife should always be used whenever you need to make rabbet or other non-through cuts (where the blade does not cut through the top of the wood) and narrow cuts where the guard would interfere with the rip fence."