OSHA Inspection: NABISCO BISCUIT INC. (FAIR LAWN BAKERY)

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Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Feb 8, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Aug 6, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Feb 19, 1991

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $300 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $600 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Feb 26, 1991

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Aug 6, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Feb 19, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $200 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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May 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $400 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $900

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 6, 1992

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Aug 6, 1991

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Mar 6, 1992

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $900

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Aug 6, 1991

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $300 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

May 6, 1991

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $400 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

May 6, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $400 Reduced

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

Abate by

Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

Issued

Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

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Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

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Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

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Feb 5, 1991

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Mar 5, 1991

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Feb 5, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

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Feb 5, 1991

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Jan 1, 1999

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

SECTION 5(A)(1) OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970: THE
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:
A) FAIRLAWN BAKERY, PACKING DEPARTMENT, 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS:
EMPLOYEES REPEATEDLY PERFORMED VARIOUS GENERAL HELP POSITION
OPERATIONS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HAND PACKERS; CASE MAKERS;
CASE SEALERS; BAGGERS; INSPECTORS; EQUALIZERS; CORRUGATOR) ON THE
VARIOUS BAKERY LINES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FIG NAB (CASES
AND DISPLAY BOXES); FIG PACKAGES; CAMEO/NUTTER BUTTER; OREO #3;
ANIMAL; OREO #5; PREMIUM "N"; RITZ "M"; SNACK LINE 290; PREMIUM "R").
THESE OPERATIONS INVOLVED FREQUENT REPETITIVE MOTION TASKS AND STATIC
BODY POSTURE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HAND PACKING PRODUCT INTO
TRAYS; PACKING PACKAGES OF PRODUCTS INTO CASES; MAKING AND SEALING
CASES; PLACING EMPTY PRODUCT BAGS INTO MANDRILS; REMOVING/REPLACING
PRODUCT FROM/ONTO LINES), THESE OPERATIONS REQUIRED VARIOUS FINGER,
HAND, WRIST, ELBOW, ARM, SHOULDER, NECK, LEG, FEET, AND BACK MOVEMENTS
AND/OR POSTURES WHICH EXPOSED EMPLOYEES TO ERGONOMIC STRESSORS. THESE
STRESSORS INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO: FORCEFUL, REPETITIVE, AND
EXCESSIVELY WIDE GRIPPING, GRASPING, AND PINCH GRIPS; EXCESSIVE FINGER
AND HAND FORCE; FREQUENT AND EXCESSIVE REACHES ABOVE SHOULDER HEIGHT;
EXCESSIVE REACHING WITH FINGER MANIPULATION; IMPROPER SEATING; FREQUENT
AND EXCESSIVE REACHES AND TORSO FLEXION; EXTENDED PERIODS OF STANDING,
INCLUDING STANDING STATIC POSTURES; FREQUENT TWISTING OF THE TORSO;
ABDUCTION OF THE ELBOWS; DEVIATION, FLEXION AND EXTENSION OF WRISTS,
WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AND/OR CONTRIBUTE TO UPPER EXTREMITY
CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER (EUCTDS) AND/OR MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESSES
WHICH CAUSE FATIGUE, PAIN, STRAIN, AND/OR INJURIES IN THE NECK, BACK,
LEGS AND FEET. OBSERVED ON OR ABOUT 9/6/90.
FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHODS TO CORRECT THESE HAZARDS,
AMONG OTHER METHODS ARE:
DEVELOP, IN WRITING, AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION,
TRAINING AND SUPERVISION PROGRAM FOR ALL EXPOSED EMPLOYEES AND THEIR
SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS TO FAMILARIZE THEM WITH THE BASICS OF BODY
BIOMECHANICS AND IN THE HAZARDS OF REPETITIVE MOTION AND RESULTING
CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS AND IN CONTROLS AND WORK PRACTICES THAT
CAN BE USED TO MINIMIZE THE ERGONOMIC HAZARDS AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THEIR JOBS. THIS TRAINING SHOULD BE CONDUCTED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE
IS INITIALY HIRED AND BIANNUALLY FOR ALL CURRENT EMPLOYEES. THE
TRAINING, AS A MINIMUM, SHOULD INCLUDE METHODS OF PROPER AND IMPROPER
BODY AND HAND POSITIONING/MOVEMENTS TO USE WHILE PERFORMING THE
GENERAL HELP OPERATIONS IN THE PACKING DEPARTMENTS. THE AREAS THAT
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, HAND PACKING,
BENDING, LIFTING, REACHING, SITTING, STANDING, AND SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN
EXPLANATIONS OF THE ERGONOMIC BENEFITS, BODY POSTURES AND STRESSES TO
AVOID, AND OTHER RELEVANT ISSUES. IN ADDITION, DEMONSTRATIONS OF SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE METHODS OF PERFORMING THEIR JOBS SHOULD BE PROVIDED.

Issued

Jan 31, 1991

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Apr 5, 1991

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

Issued

Jan 31, 1991

Abate by

Mar 1, 1991