Manufacturer cited for alleged safety violations
September 1, 1999 less than 1 minute read
Manufacturer cited for alleged safety violations
$67,050 in penalties proposed
The Occupational Safety and Health Admini-stration (OSHA) has cited American Specialties of Yonkers, NY, and has proposed penalties of $67,050 against the firm, for 24 alleged serious and four alleged other-than-serious violations of OSHA standards.
According to Cathie Mannion, OSHA area director, the action results from an inspection of the facility conducted from April 8 through April 19 under a local special emphasis program that targets metal shops for inspections. Among the alleged serious violations for which OSHA cited the company are:
• not posting appropriate signs indicating which doors are and are not exits;
• not establishing an adequate written energy control program;
• not developing procedures to control potential hazardous energy;
• not providing hardware for lockout/tag-out operations;
• not providing training to employees on how to control hazardous energy;
• not properly guarding and grounding machinery such as mechanical power presses, band saws, lathes, table routers, and staple machines;
• not providing proper insulation for flexible electrical cables;
• not periodically inspecting mechanical power presses.
The alleged serious violations carry a total proposed penalty of $67,050. OSHA also cited the company for four other-than-serious violations: not training employees properly in the use of fire extinguishers, not assuring that fire extinguishers were accessible, not properly storing liquid gas containers, and not reporting mechanical power press injuries.
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