OSHA Inspection: CLOBUS PRINTING INC.

Issued

Jun 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

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 energing, 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.)  Clobus Printing Inc.  On or about 5/22/12, employees were performing maintenance operations including, but not limited to, greasing, roller changes, and roller adjustments on a printing press without any lockout tagout program consisting of  procedures, lockout/tagout hardware, periodic inspections and training.  Machinery included, but was not limited to, two Mitsubishi printing presses.

Issued

Jun 20, 2012

Abate by

Aug 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii):     The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a        A.)  Clobus Printing Inc.  On or about 5/22/12, employees were operating a Clark forklift  Serial # C50B without any forklift training.  Employees have not been trained, evaluated, and certified to operate the forklift.