OSHA Inspection: ZEAGER BROTHERS, INCORPORATED

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,275 Reduced

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OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):     The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the hazard of getting caught-in or between a tipping forklift and the ground:    (a) Warehouse - Employees operated a Toyota sit-down type forklift, employer equipment number 519, to move totes of mulch dye.  This forklift did not have an operator restraint device to reduce the risk of the operator's head, torso, or other body parts from getting caught-in/between the truck and the ground in the event of a truck tip over, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.22(c):     Covers and/or guardrails were not provided to protect personnel from the hazards of open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, etc.:    (a) Maintenance Shop, Garage - The vehicle service pit, 25 feet long by 3.25 feet wide and 55 inches deep, did not have a cover or guardrails to protect employees from falling into the pit, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.26(c)(1):     Good safe practices in the use and care of ladder equipment were not employed by the users to get maximum serviceability, safety, and to eliminate unnecessary damage of equipment:    (a) Warehouse, Mulch Coloring Machine, Employer Machine Number 1250 - Employees used a 10-foot metal step ladder, in the closed rather than open position, to access the platform, 9 feet 7 inches above the ground, of the mulch coloring machine, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,275 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i):     The employer did not conduct an annual inspection of the energy control procedure to ensure that the procedure and requirements of this standard were followed:    (a) Zeager Brothers, Inc., 4000 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania - The employer had energy control procedures and employees performed maintenance and servicing activities on various pieces of machinery and equipment, including, but not limited to, mulch coloring machines, the Peerless dumper, various wood tub grinders, etc.  The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedures at least annually, on or about May 18, 2012.     Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(8):     Lockout or tagout was not performed only by the authorized employees who are performing the servicing or maintenance:    (a) Zeager Brothers, Inc., 4000 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania - Some part-time employees did servicing and repair work to various pieces of machinery and equipment, including, but not limited to, wood tub grinders, etc.  A full-time employee would apply lockout/tagout to the machinery and equipment while the part-time employee did the work rather than the part-time employee applying the lockout/tagout, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D):     Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:    (a) Outside of Doors 4 and 5 of Warehouse -Two employees worked doing tub and liner repair to the color machine.  This work classified as a maintenance activity that required lockout/tagout.  Only one of the two employees involved in the work locked out and tagged out the machine rather than both employees applying their individual locks and tags, on or about January 24, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):     Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by moving saw blades:    (a) Maintenance Shop  Kysor Johnson horizontal band saw, model 1, serial number 19928, used to cut metal, had no guarding on a 14-inch section between the left guide roll and the left band wheel guard and had no guarding on a 6.5-inch section between the right guide roll and the right band wheel guard, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):     The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one-fourth inch:    (a) Maintenance Shop, Near Service Pit - Employees had the tongue guard adjusted to a distance of about one inch away from the abrasive wheel on the right side of the Buffalo 10" bench grinder, B10CB(CH), serial number 88, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1):     Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    (a) Maintenance Shop - The motor pulley, about three feet above the floor, on the air compressor did not have guarding on the side of the pulley facing the motor, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i):     Horizontal belts which had both runs seven feet or less from the floor level were not guarded with a guard that extended to at least fifteen inches above the belt:    (a) Maintenance Shop - The two v-belts off the motor, about three feet above the floor, on the air compressor did not have guarding on the side of the belts facing the motor, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii):     The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:    (a) Warehouse, next to Mulch Coloring Machine, Employer Machine Number 1250 - The Westinghouse motor control center, rated at 480 volts, had objects, such as buckets, etc., stored in the working space, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i):     Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers identified for the purpose:    (a) Office Trailer for Mulch Coloring Area - The junction box on the ceiling, 6 feet 10 inches above the floor, did not have a cover and had wires hanging out of the box, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,820 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.307(c):     Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:    (a) Maintenance Shop, Garage - The unventilated below-floor level pit for servicing vehicles had a fluorescent work light and general purpose wiring not rated for Class I Division, 2 locations, creating a fire hazard, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1):     In every building or other structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial, or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official were not marked on plates of approved design which were supplied and securely affixed by the owner of the building, or the duly authorized agent, in a conspicuous place in each space to which they related:    (a) Maintenance Shop - The employer used an upstairs level of the building to store supplies and parts, and the employer did not have a plate, indicating the load that the storage level could safely support, posted in a conspicuous place, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2):     The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:    (a) Zeager Brothers, Inc., 4000 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania - Employees designated to use portable fire extinguishers to fight incipient stage fires did not have annual instruction on extinguisher use, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6):     The employer did not ensure that all nameplates or markings were maintained in a legible condition:    (a) Warehouse - Employees operated a Toyota sit-down type forklift, employer equipment number 519, to move totes of mulch dye.  Accumulated dirt obscured the forklift's label making it illegible, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A):     Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:    (a) Warehouse, Mulch Coloring Machine, Employer Machine Number 1250 - Employees used a retractable extension cord reel with four receptacles in place of fixed wiring to power a wall clock and a red extension cord, which in turn powered a portable work light, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    (a) Zeager Brothers, Inc., 4000 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania - Employees had exposure to hazardous chemicals, including, but not limited to, Colorbiotics Mulch Magic dyes, gasoline, diesel, etc., and the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7):     Powered industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:    (a) Zeager Brothers, Inc., 4000 East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, Pennsylvania - Employees operated various forklifts, and these forklifts did not receive a daily inspection prior to employees putting the lift trucks into service, on or about May 18, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and shall state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.