OSHA Inspection: LE CLAIRE PACKING CORPORATION

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1):     The intermediate rail was not approximately halfway between the top rail and the floor, platform, runway, or ramp:    The intermediate rail of the platform of the 103" Hooper Box Press where the operator stood to apply ink was not half way between the top rail and the 4 foot 2 inch high platform.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:    The employer had not developed a written lockout program.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i):     Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    Specific procedures for locking out of the three separate electrical power sources of the 103" Hooper Box Press were not developed and written for the protection of emloyees authorized to lockout the Box Press.    *Abatement certication is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B):     Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:    Affected employees were not trained on the purpose of lockout of equipment including, but not limited to, the 103" Hooper Box Press, the bandsaw, the taper/gluer, the baler, the partition slotter, the die cutter, and the EZ Box slitter.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l):     Operators were not trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks:    Employees operating the fork lift were not trained on its operation in a formal classroom setting, had not been evaluated on their knowledge of its safe operation, and had not been given a  road test to determine operating skill level.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 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:    The turning shafts, extending into the aisle, of the slitter rollers of the Hooper Box Press were not guarded.  The origiinal guards were removed and replaced by plastic buckets duct-taped onto the shafts.    *Abatement is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii):     The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:    The point of operation was not guarded on the following machinery:    a.  The Economy Baler, #56993, was not guarded.  The single control on the frame of the baler would allow entry of one free arm into the envelope of movement of the ram.    b.  The guard over the discharge end of the 103" Hopper Box Press where inturning slitter rollers were located was not interlocked with the guard, allowing the slitter rollers to continue turning when the guard was open.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):     The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through written certification that identified the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, identified the document as a certification of the hazard assessment:    The employer had not verified through a written certification that a Personal Protective Equipment Hazard Assessment had been done, the name of the person certifying that the assesssment was done, or the date of the hazard assessment.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and/or 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:    The employer had not completed a written hazard communication program.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    Employees had not been trained on hazardous chemicals at the workplace, including but not limited to, printing inks, box glue, and cleaning supplies.    *Abatement certification is required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).