OSHA Inspection: RED JACKET ORCHARDS, INC.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,160 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1):  Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:    a) Press Area, on or about 5/9/12:  Good Nature Press had open sided floors and were not provided with an intermediate railing.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)  Employer did not establish nor implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite specific procedures when respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer:    a)  Chemical Room, on or about 5/9/12: Employer had not established a written respirator protection program when employee was required to wear full face air purifying respirator.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    a)  Chemical Room, on or about 5/9/12:  Employee required to wear a full face air purifying respirators and had not been provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2):  Employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter:    a)  Chemical Room, on or about 5/9/12:  Employee required to wear a full face air purifying respirator and had not been fit tested.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:    a)  Chemical Room, on or about 5/9/12:  Employee  required to wear a full face air purifying respirator and had not received respirator training.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4):  When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:    a)  Tank Area, on or about 5/9/12: Employees enter Cider Tanks and the employer did not develop or implement a written permit required confined space program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i):  Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions existed before entry was authorized to begin:    a)  Tank Area, on or about 5/9/12:  Employee entered permit required confined space including but not limited to: Raw Cider Tank No. R3 without testing the conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions existed before entry was authorized to begin.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1):  Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:    a)  Tank Area, on or about 5/9/12: Employees enter permit required confined spaces and employer does not have a permit required confined space entry permit to be completed before entry.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of  energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performing any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.    a)  Red Jacket Orchards Inc., on or about 5/9/12:  The employer had not established an energy control program consisting of energy control procedures and periodic inspections for employees who perform servicing and/or maintenance on various machinery or equipment such as but not limited to: Good Nature Press; Federal Filler & Capper; Blend and Pasteurizer CIP and Boiler.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,160 Reduced

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: rotating parts:        a)  Bottling Area, on or about 6/26/12: Federal Filler was not provided with a point of operation guard.    b)  Bottling Area, on or about 6/26/12: Federal Capper was not provided with a point of operation guard.