SOUTH HOLLAND, IL ·
OSHA Inspection: BROWN PACKING COMPANY, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of BROWN PACKING COMPANY, INC. in ONE DUTCH VALLEY DRIVE, SOUTH HOLLAND, IL 60473 (NAICS 311611). OSHA activity number 333958833.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BROWN PACKING COMPANY, INC.
- Site address
- ONE DUTCH VALLEY DRIVE
- City
- SOUTH HOLLAND
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60473
- Mailing
- ONE DUTCH VALLEY DRIVE, SOUTH HOLLAND, IL 60473
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311611
- Employees
- 42
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1910.212 A03 III
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2012
- Abate by
- Sep 26, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii): Special handtools for placing and removing material shall be such as to permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone. Such tools shall not be in lieu of other guarding required by this section, but can only be used to supplement protection provided. Boning room - On or about April 18, 2012, employee(s) were required to hand-feed meat into a rotating saw blade. Special handtools such as, but not limited to a "Pusher" was not used to permit safe handling of the meat without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone. Employee(s) were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with rotating saw blades.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3430
- · Z (S) $4900
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 333958833.
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