OSHA Inspection: NORTON LUMBER, INC

Issued

2012-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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) Throughout the sawmill; The employer did not develop a written energy isolation  program, evaluate hazardous energy sources, develop lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures, or conduct employee training for LOTO.

Issued

2012-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.265(c)(4)(iv): Elevated platform(s), 4 feet or more from the floor level, were not provided with a standard railing:    (a) Headsaw operators booth; The elevated platform for the head sawyers operating booth was not equipped with a guardrail.

Issued

2012-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Hard-service cord and junior hard-service cord No. 14 and larger were repaired by splicing, which did not retain the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the cord that was spliced:    (a) Manual stacking area; Electrical tape was used to repair damaged flexible cords on circular saws and extension cord sets.

Issued

2012-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:    (a) Throughout the sawmill; The employer did not monitor noise levels or implement a monitoring program.