General Industry

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General Industry

• Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Serious
• Hazards in FY 2009

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Objectives

• In this course, we will discuss the Top Ten
  most frequently cited serious General Industry
  Standards for FY 2009.
• The Top Ten list includes data about
  citations/violations issued from October 1, 2008,
  through September 30, 2009 in N.C.

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N.C. Department of Labor
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OFIR Fatal Events by Industry (Fiscal Year 2009)
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Machine Guarding
1910.212 (a)(1)

• Number 1 General requirements for all machines
• One or more methods of machine guarding must be
  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

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Machine Safeguarding

• 1910.212(a)(1)

• Guards
• Fixed
• Interlocked
• Adjustable
• Self-adjusting
• Aids
• Awareness barriers
• Protective shields
• Hand-feeding tools and holding fixtures

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Machine Safeguarding

• 1910.212(a)(1)

• Devices
• Presence sensing
• Pullback
• Safety controls
• Gates
• Location/distance

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Machine Guarding
1910.212 (a)(1)

• Drill press

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Machine Guarding
1910.212 (a)(1)

• Lathe

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Abrasive Wheel Machinery
1910.215(b)(9)

• Number 2 Abrasive wheel machinery requires
  adjusted protector (tongue guards)
• The peripheral protecting member (tongue guard)
  must be provided and adjusted within ¼ inch of
  the wheel.
• To contain and deflect fragments away from the
  operator

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Abrasive Wheel Machinery
1910.215(b)(9)
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Bench Grinder
1910.215
Tongue guard
¼ in.
? in.
Work rest
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Abrasive Wheel Ring Test

• All abrasive wheels must be closely inspected and
  ring-tested.

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Abrasive Wheel Machinery
1910.215(a)(4)

• Number 3 Abrasive wheel machinery
• On offhand grinding machines, work rests must be
  used to support the work.
• Work rest must be kept adjusted closely to the
  wheel with a maximum opening of ? inch.
• Work rest must be securely clamped after
  adjustment.
• Work rest cannot be adjusted with wheel in motion.

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Abrasive Wheel Machinery
1910.215(a)(4)
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Abrasive Wheel Machinery
1910.215(a)(4)
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Medical and First aid
1910.151(c)

• Number 4 Eyewash and safety shower
• Suitable facilities for quick drenching or
  flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided
  within the work area for immediate emergency use
  where exposed to injurious corrosive materials.

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Emergency Eye Wash/Safety Shower
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N.C. General Duty Clause
NCGS 95 -129(1)

• Number 5 Each employer shall furnish to each of
  his employees conditions of employment and a
  place of employment free from recognized hazards
  that are causing or likely to cause death or
  serious injury or serious physical harm to his
  employees.
• Recognized hazard in the industry
• Hazard causing or likely to cause death or
  serious injury or harm
• Employer cited has employees exposed to hazard
• There is a feasible and useful method to correct
  the hazard

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N.C. General Duty Clause
NCGS 95 -129(1)
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N.C. General Duty Clause
NCGS 95-129(1)
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Wiring Design and Protection
1910.304(g)(5)

• Number 6 Grounding path
• The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and
  enclosures shall be permanent and continuous and
  effective.

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Wiring Design and Protection
1910.304(g)(5)
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Eye and Face Protection
1910.133(a)(1)

• Number 7 General requirements
• Use appropriate eye or face protection when
  exposed to eye or face hazards
• Hazards from flying particles
• Molten metal
• Liquid chemicals
• Acids or caustic liquids
• Chemical gases or vapors
• Potentially injurious light radiation

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Eye and Face Protection
1910.133(a)(1)
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Eye and Face Protection
1910.133(a)(1)
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Cabinets, Boxes, and Fittings
1910.305(b)(1)(ii)

• Number 8 Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or
  fittings
• Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings
  shall be effectively closed.

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Cabinets, Boxes, and Fittings
1910.305(b)(1)(ii)
Knockout missing
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Cabinets, Boxes, and Fittings
1910.305(b)(1)(ii)
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Walking and Working Surfaces
1910.23(c)(1)

• Number 9 Protection of open-sided floor,
  platform or runway
• Every open-sided floor or platform 4 feet or more
  above adjacent floor or ground level must be
  guarded by a standard railing.
• Toe-boards required wherever, beneath the open
  sides
• Persons can pass
• There is moving machinery, or
• There is equipment where falling materials could
  create a hazard

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Walking and Working Surfaces
1910.23(c)(1)

• Railing and toeboard

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Machine Guarding
1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

• Number 10 Point of operation guarding
• Area on a machine where work is actually
  performed upon the material being processed.

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Machine Guarding
1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
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Machine Guarding
1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
Poor housekeeping
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Machine Guarding
1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
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Summary

• You should now understand and be able to identify
  hazards associated with the Top Ten most cited
  serious violations in general industry.
• Number 1 1910.212(a)(1) Machine guarding
  machine guards must be provided to protect
  employees from hazards.
• Number 2 1910.215(b)(9) Machine guarding
  tongue guards must be adjusted within ¼ inch of
  the wheel.

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Summary

• Number 3 1910.215(a)(4) Machine guarding
  work rest must be adjusted within ? inch of the
  wheel.
• Number 4 1910.151(c) Medical and first aid
  suitable facilities for injurious corrosive
  materials must be provided.
• Number 5 NCGS 95-129(1) North
• Carolina General Duty Clause

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Summary

• Number 6 1910.304(g)(5) Wiring and design
  grounding path must be permanent and complete.
• Number 7 1910.133(a)(1) Eye and face
  protection appropriate protection required when
  exposed to eye or face hazards.
• Number 8 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) Cabinets, boxes
  and fittings unused openings shall be
  effectively closed.

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Summary

• Number 9 1910.23(c)(1) Walking and working
  surfaces standard railing is required for open -
  sided floors/platforms 4 feet or more above the
  adjacent floor or ground level.
• Number 10 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) Machine
  guarding point of operation guarding must be
  provided to protect exposed employees.

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