OSHA Inspection: METROLINA GREENHOUSES, INC.

Issued

May 10, 2011

Abate by

May 20, 2011

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $6,000

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
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 caught in or struck hazards:
a)MX-1 greenhouse, the employer did failed to establish and
implement an energy control procedure (lock-out/tag-out
program) that clearly and specifically outlines the
following items listed in (a)-(d) below for the
transplanter:
[A]A specific statement of the intended use of the
procedure;
[B]Specific procedural steps for shutting down,
isolating, blocking and securing machines or
equipment to control hazardous energy;
[C]Specific procedural steps for placement, removal
and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices
and the responsibility for them; and
[D]Specific requirements for testing a machine or
equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness
of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other
energy control measures.
Note: A feasible method of abatement includes but may not
be limited to ensuring that the lock-out/tag-out program
clearly and specifically outlines procedural steps i
shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing equipment
to control hazardous energy and performing verification
prior to initiating maintenance or repair.
THE METROLINA GREENHOUSES,INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR
A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD NORTH CAROLINA
GENERAL DUTY STATUTE 95-129(1) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSH
INSPECTION NUMBER 314141573, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM
NUMBER 4, ISSUED ON MARCH 2, 2010.