OSHA Inspection: SUMMIT WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:      (a.)  The employer had not developed an energy control program for employee(s) servicing/maintaining equipment, such as but not limited to changing saw blades, and/or employee(s) working around equipment being serviced/maintained.  Employee(s) are exposed to entanglement hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i):     Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:      (a.)  Procedures were not created for controlling hazardous energy when performing maintenance/servicing on equipment, such as but not limited to changing saw blades. Employee(s) were exposed to entanglement hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1):     Any power-operated industrial truck not in safe operating condition was not taken out of service:    (a.)  In the production area, the Yale forklift was in operation and did not have a functioning brake lights and reverse lights, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1):     Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:    (a.)  Portable fire extinguishers in the production area were removed from their mounted locations, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4):     Portable fire extinguishers were not maintained in a fully charged and operable condition:    (a.)  In the production area, portable fire extinguisher(s) were not charged due to physical damage, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1):     An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    (a.) The employer did not develop a fire extinguisher training program for employees who are designated to fight incipient stage fires, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):     Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by pinch points:    (a.)  In the production area, the operator was not protected from the G2 automatic nailer carriage during the machine cycle, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(r)(4):     Suitable guard(s) were not provided to reduce to a minimum the hazard due to the point of operation of the pallet dismantler saw blades:    (a.)  In the production area, the "one-man pallet dismantler" did not have a guard over the horizontal blade, exposing employees to amputation hazards 29 inches from the edge of the table.    (b.)  In the production area, the "two-man pallet dismantler" did not have a guard over the horizontal blade, exposing employees to amputation hazards 22 inches from the edge of the table.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3):     Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    (a.)  In the production area, the chains on the G2 automatic nailer were not guarded at heights up to 34 inches off the floor, exposing employees to entanglement hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(ii):     In locations where electric equipment was likely to be exposed to physical damage, enclosures or guards were not so arranged and of such strength as to prevent such damage:    (a.) In the production area adjacent to the pallet dismantlers, the electrical panel was not protected from physical damage from forklifts and other materials being handled, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1):     Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    (a.)  In the production area, the electrical panel adjacent to the dismantlers was damaged to where the casing and bolts were coming loose, exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i):     Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.    (a.)  In the production area, the electrical panel adjacent to the dismantlers had unused openings knocked out of the case, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):     Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):    (a.)  In the production area near the pallet trimmer, two electrical boxes with live wires were exposed on the structural beam, 58.5 inches off the floor.    (b.)  In the skid manufacturing area, the outlet cap was pulled out of the outlet box, exposing live electrical wires 52 inches of the floor.     (c.)  In the production area, a thermometer box with live wires were exposed on the elevator wall, 57 inches off the floor.     (d.)  In the production area adjacent to the pallet dismantler, an electrical box with live wires was exposed on the structural beam, 43 inches off the floor.     (e.)  In the storage department, an electrical panel did not have a cover on it, exposing live electrical wires.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i):     Openings through which conductors enter boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed.    (a)  In the skid manufacturing area, a wall-mounted metallic box was hanging from energized wires and did not have the openings adequately closed, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2):     Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:    (a.)  In the production area, portable fire extinguishers were not inspected on a monthly basis, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):     The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    (a.)  The employer did not document and/or certify any records of the performance evaluation for powered industrial vehicle drivers.