Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002A 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. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the Hall Permanent Mold Tilt Pour Devices for turntable #2, located in the foundry area, while performing various tasks such as, but not limited to, attaching hoses to the equipment, placing floor dry around the bottom of the tilt pours, blowing water off the rotating pouring deck, shoveling up floor dry from around the base of the tilt pours, and checking water flow gages to the molds. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021 at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. b. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the Hall Permanent Mold Tilt Pour Devices for turntable #lB, located in the foundry area, while performing various tasks such as, but not limited to, attaching hoses to the equipment, placing floor dry around the bottom of the tilt pours, blowing water off the rotating pouring deck, shoveling up floor dry from around the base of the tilt pours, and checking water flow gages to the molds. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. c. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the Hall Permanent Mold Tilt Pour Devices for turntable #5, located in the foundry area, while performing various tasks such as, but not limited to, attaching hoses to the equipment, placing floor dry around the bottom of the tilt pours, blowing water off the rotating pouring deck, shoveling up floor dry from around the base of the tilt pours, and checking water flow gages to the molds. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. d. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the catcher cell robot for turntable #5, located in the foundry area, employees are exposed to pinch point hazards between the robot catcher table and the employee's workstation. The workstation is equipped with light curtains but there is a 33-inch gap between the work station light curtain and the robot cell metal enclosure which allows employees to reach around the guarding and enter the robot's operational envelope. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. e. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the Hall Permanent Mold Tilt Pour Devices for turntable #6, located in the foundry area, while performing various tasks such as, but not limited to, attaching hoses to the equipment, placing floor dry around the bottom of the tilt pours, blowing water off the rotating pouring deck, shoveling up floor dry from around the base of the tilt pours, and checking water flow gages to the molds. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. f. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the catcher cell robot for turntable #6, located in the foundry area, employees are exposed to pinch point hazards between the robot catcher table and the employee's workstation. The workstation is equipped with light curtains but there is a 36 inch gap between the work station light curtain and the robot cell metal enclosure which allows employees to reach around the guarding and enter the robot's operational envelope. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. g. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards created by the movement of the Hall Permanent Mold Tilt Pour Devices for turntable #4a, located in the foundry area, while performing various tasks such as, but not limited to, attaching hoses to the equipment, placing floor dry around the bottom of the tilt pours, blowing water off the rotating pouring deck, shoveling up floor dry from around the base of the tilt pours, and checking water flow gages to the molds. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. h. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards on the #2 core machine located in the Core Department while performing various tasks including, but not limited to, monitoring the operation of core machine #2. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio. i. The employer is failing to protect operators from pinch point hazards on the #3143 core machine and associated picker table located in the Core Department while performing various tasks including, but not limited to, monitoring the operation of core machine 3143, cleaning between cycles, and removing cores from the picker table. This was most recently documented on May 6, 2021, at the General Aluminum Mfg. Company facility located in Rootstown Township, Ohio.