OSHA Inspection: OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.

Issued

Dec 13, 1988

Abate by

Dec 16, 1988

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
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employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to
the hazard of being seriously injured by the moving parts of machinery
during operation, and/or manually cleaning tasks due to the lack of an
adequate lockout procedures:
a) Second floor sauce processing area, rotating parts of the thermascrew
paddles/blades on or about 10/13/88.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to establish and enforce an adequate plant
lockout procedure such as stipulated by ANSI Z244.1-1982, Section 4 & 5
American Standard of minimum safety requirements for lock/tagout of
energy sources for personal protection.
1) Open and lockout the main power disconnect for the machinery being
serviced or worked on.
2) Provide each potentially exposed employee working in the area with
separate lock and key to be placed on the lockout means.
3) Establish a written lockout policy, including procedures to be
followed and training for all affected employees, both maintenance
and operational crews to include cleaning employees.
4) Periodically evaluate the program and strictly enforce all of its
provisions.

Issued

Dec 13, 1988

Abate by

Jan 5, 1989

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $250 Reduced

Issued

Dec 13, 1988

Abate by

Dec 16, 1988

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $700 Reduced

Issued

Dec 13, 1988

Abate by

Dec 16, 1988

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced