OSHA has inspected Drilling Dynamics LLC once in Connecticut.
The inspection began on Oct 30, 2018 on a referral, in Milford.
That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $5,683 and now stand at $3,500, 38% lower after settlements or reviews.
Personal protective equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.132.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Drilling Dynamics LLC averages $3,500 (1 cited inspection).
Drilling Dynamics LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 26, 2018: Machinist operating horizontal drill sustains amputation
At 10:00 p.m. on October 26, 2018, an employee was working for a firm that drilled holes in stock material for various industries. He was operating an Entrust deep hole horizontal gun drilling machine. He had set the stock material in place in a chuck. He was holding the stock, when he pressed the black button for the drill's tail stop to set the stock. He engaged the machine before letting go of the material. The only part of the machine that moved prior to drilling was the tail stop, to secure the opposite end of the stock. The employee's finger was in the way while the tail stop moved into place. The employee suffered the amputation of his middle finger. He was sent to the Milford hospital, but the narrative did not say whether he was hospitalized. During interviews with workers, the workers described the process of setting up and holding the material in place and securing it in place with a key. Once the material was in place, the worker stepped away from the machine and pressed the black button to engage the tail stop to contact the end of the material to be drilled. There were no two-hand controls to engage the black button. This is how one hand could be on the material in the machine and one hand available to hit the black button. There was no guard in place to prevent the workers from having their hands in the danger zone or point of operation. point of operation.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Milford site logged 10 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 87 workers: 10.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 55 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Drill Masters Eldorado Tool
Milford · 2018
87
10
4
10.8
2.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
On 10/26/18, an employee was operating a horizontal gun drilling machine when the employee's fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation of the index finger (1/2 nail) and the middle finger (first knuckle to the tip).
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)
(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)
(f) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall be trained to know at least the following:
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall 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. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
