OSHA Inspection: SPARROW ENTERPRISES, INC. (DBA) LABOR FINDERS

Issued

Jan 31, 2007

Abate by

Mar 20, 2007

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North Carolina:
The employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of
employment and a place of employment free
from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or
serious physical harm to employees in
that employees were exposed to:
[Ref: American National Standard (ANSI Z245.5-1997) para. 7.1 (c)]
a)facility, baling room - employees operating a Galaxy 2R Two-Ram Baler
serial number 165213,
model 2R-150-57-N-F and the employer did not provide a program of training
and instruction in
the safe methods of work before assigning them to operate or maintain the
baler.
b)facility, baling room - The employer did not maintain records of this
training to include the date
(s) of the training and the content of training conducted.
c)facility, baling room - The employer did not ensure by adequate
supervision, that correct
operating and maintenance procedures were understood and followed.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to
provide a Spanish translator, as all the employees did not speak,
understand, or write English,
to assist with the training of non English speaking employees.