OSHA Inspection: HANSEN'S PALLET INC.

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Feb 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 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)  Employer did not provide a lockout tagout program to train employees while changing blades and performing maintenance on band saws, circular saws, outdoor wood grinder, and pneumatic power equipment.              ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Feb 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    (a)  Employer did not ensure forklift operators had training consisting of formal instruction, practical training, and an evaluation of the operator's performance.           ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(a)(9): All belts, pulleys, gears, shafts, and moving parts were not guarded in accordance with the specific requirements of 1910.219(f)(3) which states: All sprocket wheels and chains shall be enclosed unless they are more than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform. Where the drive extends over other machine or working areas, protection against falling shall be provided. This subparagraph does not apply to manually operated sprockets.    (a)  Chain and sprocket drives on a G2 Gap Inc. Automatic pneumatic nail gun machine for creating pallets were not guarded and were within 7 feet of the floor.           ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1): Non-working portion(s) of the blade of bandsaw(s) were not enclosed or guarded:    (a)  A Heartland re-saw used for dismantling pallets did not have 7 inches of the non-working portion of the bandsaw enclosed.    (b)  The Go-Fast three blade re-saw did not have 6 inches of non-working portion of the bandsaw enclosed.         ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(g)(1): Swing cutoff saw(s) were not provided with an automatically adjusting hood that completely enclosed the upper half of the saw, the arbor end, and the point of operation at all positions of the saw:    (a)  Two trim saws were not provided with an adjusting hood that guarded the bottom portion of the trim saw during operation.  Trim saw located in the south end of the facility had an opening exposing the blade and the trim saw in the southeast side of the facility and did not have the bottom portion of the blade enclosed.         ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(g)(2): Swing cutoff saw(s) were not provided with an effective device to return the saw automatically to the back of the table when released at any point of its travel:    (a)  Two trim saws did not have an effective device to return the saw automatically to the back of the table when released.         ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i): Work space was less than 36 inches in front of electric equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less:    (a)  Electrical panels on the southeast side of the facility did not have sufficient work space, as equipment was 22 inches from the front of the panel and a lawn chair and other miscellaneous items blocked access.           ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    (a)  An electrical panel near the trim saw located on the south side of the facility had an unfilled knockout hole.    (b)  A light switch cover was used as a junction box cover revealing conductors inside the box.          ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Jan 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2): Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose:    (a)  A junction box on the G2 Gap nail machine had a junction box cover missing exposing conductors with wire nuts to sawdust, causing a fire hazard, along with the potential for employees to contact electrical current.         ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED