NN Metal Stampings has been cited for nine serious and two other-than-serious safety violations.
Plan ahead by providing proper machine guarding equipment sooner rather than later; if not to prepare for future regulations, do it to keep employees safe.
Similar to the Toyota Production System, we must all strive to eliminate waste (in our case, lost productivity from job hazard injuries) from our organizations.
The company was cited for willful and serious safety violations.
According to the notice, Sunoco Logistics failed to follow its own written lockout/tagout procedure to ensure all energy sources were isolated before work began on Nov. 10, 2015. Employees following the procedure disassembled a flow control valve while it was under approximately 400 psig of nitrogen pressure.
Workers faced fall, unguarded machinery, and electric shock hazards, according to the agency. Proposed penalties total $88,632.
Twenty-two companies, including four multiple winners, won in the magazine's eighth annual New Product of the Year contest. Winners will receive their trophies at the 2016 National Safety Congress & Expo in Anaheim.
Willful violations were issued for failure to properly guard a chop saw and provide standard railing and handrails.
The agency's inspectors told a court the injuries could have been prevented if the drill was guarded and if the worker had not been wearing gloves, a suitable and sufficient risk assessment had been completed to identify required control measures, and the worker had received proper training.
HP Pelzer Automotive Systems Inc. and Sizemore Inc., a staffing agency, face a total of $704,610 in penalties in an case following an inspection of a plant in Thomson, Ga.
The company responsible, Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corp., has been cited for one willful and one serious violation.
The pre-conference program identifies 10 technical sessions as "hot topics" for this year—and they look very promising.
If planned properly, many components that will be a part of the permanent and final installation could be a part of the overall temporary power for the project.
New Alliance has been cited for 16 serious and one other-than-serious safety and health violations.
Pyongsan America and Surge Staffing face a total of $106,020 in fines.
Workers were exposed to unguarded machine, fall protection, and confined space hazards, according to OSHA.
OSHA has issued 18 serious violations to Terrill Manufacturing Co. of San Angelo, Texas, and two to A.L. Staffing Inc., which provided the workers.
The agency has penalized Sunfield Inc., an auto parts manufacturer based in Hebron, Ohio, a total of $3,426,900 and cited it for 46 egregious willful, two willful, one repeated, and eight serious safety violations.
Wegmans Food Market faces $140K in fines.
Ashley Furniture has agreed to pay penalties of $1.75 million, to correct all cited violations, and to retain a vice president for safety who is responsible for managing a corporate-wide program to identify and evaluate prevention and control of machine hazards.