OSHA Inspection: INTERBAKE FOODS, INC.

Issued

Mar 22, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $3,850 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1):  All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:    (a)  On or about December 21, 2011, and at times prior to that date, for the employees working in the oven staging area with sugar and flour dust with dust up to approximately 1/8-inch deep over approximately 11.4 percent of the surface area of the room, located at 1 Devils Food Drive, North Sioux City, South Dakota.

Issued

Mar 22, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2)(i):  Equipment in hazardous (classified) location(s) was not approved for the ignitable or combustible properties of the specific gas, vapor, dust, or fiber that was or could be present:    (a)  On or about December 21, 2011, and at times prior to that date, for the employees working in the oven staging area with sugar dust up to approximately 1/8-inch deep with a general service 110-volt outlet plugged in next to the sugar hopper, located at 1 Devils Food Drive, North Sioux City, South Dakota.

Issued

Mar 22, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,300 · Current $2,310 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i):  All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:    (a)  On or about December 21, 2011, and at times prior to that date, for the employees working at the dump belt station of Line 3 with potential exposure to rotating shafts from the drive motors to the line conveyor and dump belt conveyor, located at 1 Devils Food Drive, North Sioux City, South Dakota.

Issued

Mar 22, 2012

Abate by

Mar 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i):  Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one-half the diameter of the shaft:    (a)  On or about December 21, 2011, and at times prior to that date, for the employees working at the dump belt station of Line 3 with potential exposure to rotating shaft ends projecting from 1 to 2 times the diameter of the shafts, located at 1 Devils Food Drive, North Sioux City, South Dakota.    (b)  On or about December 21, 2011, and at times prior to that date, for the employees working at Discharge Line 8 with potential exposure to a rotating shaft end projecting approximately the diameter of the shaft, located at 1 Devils Food Drive, North Sioux City, South Dakota.