OSHA Inspection: KAPAC COMPANY, LLC

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4900.00 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 failed to develop energy control procedures and provide training to employees. Control of hazardous energy procedures should include but should not be limited to the following equipment: Okazaki Laminator, Slitters, Totani Pouch Making Machines, Hensen and Totani Spout Inserters.      No Abatement documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    1- The employer did not use adequate machine guarding to cover the blades, conveyor belts and rollers on the Green Totani. Employees were exposed to cuts, lacerations, fractures and amputations.     2- Employees were exposed to cuts, lacerations and amputations while removing the blades, replacing the blades and removing excess pouch material from production machines. This includes but is not limited to the pouch making machines HT-08, HT-07, HT-32, HT-33 and HSI04    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2550.00 · Current $1785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1): Gear(s) were not guarded by a complete enclosure or by one of the methods specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1)(ii) and (f)(1)(iii):    The employer failed to guard rotating parts such as gears and sprockets on loading side of the Green Totani. The first set of gears was 32 inches from the ground and the second set of exposed gears was about 67.5 inches from the ground.      Abatement documentation and certification is not required for this item.

Issued

2013-03-01 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 did not develop, implement and maintain a site-specific written hazard communication program. Employees were exposed to chemicals such as but not limited to Iso Ethyl Acetate, Acetone, LA7773 Adhesive and LA6016 Catalyst.        Abatement documentation and certification is not required for this item.