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OSHA Inspection: AFFILIATED FOODS MIDWEST, INC.

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of AFFILIATED FOODS MIDWEST, INC. in 1301 OAK, ELWOOD, KS 66024 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 113824361.

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Site address
1301 OAK
City
ELWOOD
State
KS
ZIP
66024
Mailing
P.O.BOX 420, ELWOOD, KS 66024
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
5142
Employees
256
Ownership type
A

12 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Feb 23, 1996
Penalty
Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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 fall hazard:
Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately six and one-half
feet in the Main
Freezer and approximately 18 feet in the Produce Area while being raised
and lowered by forks
on the Barett industrial trucks. An employee standing on the forks of an
industrial truck in the
Main Freezer was being raised and lowered to count product and an employee
standing on a
wooden pallet, checking temperature of apples in the Produce Area,  being
raised and lowered
by forks on an industrial truck were not protected from the fall hazard
through the use of
standard railing or the equivalent, nor was the pallet secured to the
lifting carriage and/or forks.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among others, to correct
this hazard is to
provide a safety platform with standard railings and toeboards firmly
secured to the lifting
carriage and/or forks.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3150.00
  • — Z (S) $6300.00

1910.22 A01

Serious Gravity 01 5 instances 5 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Feb 23, 1996
Penalty
Initial $1,350 · Current $675 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $675.00
  • — Z (S) $1350.00

1910.176 A

Serious Gravity 01 5 instances 5 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Feb 23, 1996

1910.36 B02

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996
Penalty
Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $1800.00

1910.38 A01

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 256 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996
Penalty
Initial $1,350 · Current $675 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $675.00
  • — Z (S) $1350.00

1910.147 C01

Serious Gravity 02 2 instances 1 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996
Penalty
Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $1800.00

1910.178 K01

Serious Gravity 02 9 instances 3 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Feb 23, 1996
Penalty
Initial $1,800 · Current $900 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $1800.00

1910.37 F06

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Feb 22, 1996

1910.178 G02

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 80 instances 1 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996
Penalty
Initial $900 · Current $450 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $450.00
  • — Z (O) $900.00

1910.178 L

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 35 instances 10 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996
Penalty
Initial $900 · Current $450 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $450.00
  • — Z (O) $900.00

1910.178 Q07

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 25 instances
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996

1910.1200 E01

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Feb 16, 1996
Abate by
Apr 25, 1996
Penalty
Initial $900 · Current $450 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $450.00
  • — Z (O) $900.00

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