Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding are not provided to protect operators and other employees in the machine areas from hazards such as those created by points of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks: (a) Facility, 125 McFann Road, Valencia, PA: The employer does not provide one or more methods of machine guarding to protect operators and employees in the machine areas from hazards. One instance of this violation occurred on or about September 4 and 5, 2023, when the employer did not guard the running chrome rollers (front and back of the machine) on the Prime Coater Machine. Employees were exposed to nip points created by the rotating rollers when they worked, walked or stood in proximity to the running rollers. (b) Facility, 125 McFann Road, Valencia, PA, back of Prime Coater Machine: The employer does not provide one or more methods of machine guarding to protect operators and employees in the machine areas from hazards. One instance of this violation occurred on or about September 5, 2023, when an employee performing the job of entering the area at the back of the Prime Coater and bending over to clean a chrome roller to remove a "dent" was exposed to being cut by the edge of the coil metal as it was exiting the top of the prime coater machine. The coil of metal was in production and was running. (c) Facility, 125 McFann Road, Valencia, PA, back of Finish Coater Machine: The employer does not provide one or more methods of machine guarding to protect operators and employees in the machine areas from hazards. One instance of this violation occurred on or about January 22, 2024, when an employee performing the job of placing a small piece of heat tape on the underside of the coil of metal was exposed to being cut by the edge of the coil of metal as it was exiting the Finish Coater Machine.