Text For Citation: 03 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to provide and insure the usage of "point of operation guards" or properly applied and adjusted point of operation devices on every operation performed on a mechanical power press. See Table O-10: On or about May 5, 2016, the employer failed to provide properly applied ?point of operation guards? in that presence sensing point of operation devices (light curtains) were not properly applied, due to the single channel wiring of the devices into the ?dedicated safety relay,? integration of the light curtain installation through the ?e-stop? circuit and locating the reset function of the control box, in the area protected by the device or ?behind? the light curtain beam. The following mechanical power presses light curtain point of operation guards were improperly applied and installed on the following mechanical power presses: a. A-1 transfer press: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay? and the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit. b. A-2 transfer press: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay? and the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit. c. A-6 transfer press: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay? and the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit. d. K-2 progressive press: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. e. K-9 blanking press: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay? and the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit. f. K-10 blanking press: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay? and the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit. g. RY-1 line, press 1: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. h. RY-2 line, press 1: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. i. RY-2 line, press 2: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. j. RY-2 line, press 3: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. k. RY-2 line, press 4: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. l. RY-4 line, press 1: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. m. RY-4 line, press 4: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. n. RY-4 line, press 8: the light curtain had single channel wiring into the ?dedicated safety relay,? the installation was integrated into the ?e-stop? circuit and the light curtain reset function was located ?behind? the detection zone of the light curtain beam. Sunfield, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 977633, citation number 1 item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on August 27, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 116 Enterprise Drive, Hebron, Ohio 43025.