OSHA Inspection: POLYVINYL FILMS, INC.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2):     Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points.    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12, one of two exit routes from the blending room required transit down stairs where the landing/exit access was reduced to 20.5 inches wide, exposing employees to fall/tripping hazards.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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:    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, the employer had not established energy control procedures for employees performing maintenace work on machinery such as the winding machines. Employees had not been trained in energy control proceudres and annual periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had not been performed by the employer.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,350 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):     The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, one employee had been operating a powered industrial truck for many years without having received the required training or evaluation, exposing employees to struck and crushed by hazards.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7):     Powered industrial truck(s) were not examined for any condition adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle at least daily.    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that powered industrial trucks were examined at least daily for conditions that might adversely affect safety.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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:    Packaging Room, 19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, employees at the in-feed end of the two Eco Boxing Machines were exposed to crushing hazards when reaching over unguarded moving parts to load stacks of cardboard blanks into the machine.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii):     Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, employees were exposed to point of operation hazards of multiple machines.     Instance 1.  Employees operating multiple winding machines were exposed to the unguarded nip points between rotating rollers and spindles, resulting in reportable injuries during the previous 5 years.     Instance 2.  Employees operating the outflow end of the two Eco Boxing Machines were exposed to crushing hazards from incompletely guarded area where the sealing rail was forced downward within an inch of the outflow guide rail.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3):     Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, employees were exposed to unguarded chains and sprockets on the outflow end of the Weldotron Wrapping machine conveyer.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1):     When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:    At Winder Machines #3 and #12, 19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, employees working 12-hour shifts at Winding Machines #3 and #12 were exposed to noise levels measured at over 85 decibels.  The employer had not implemented a noise monitoring program.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Mar 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 a written certification which included the requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):    19 Depot st, Sutton, MA    As of 11/20/12, the employer had not certified that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i):     The employer provided respirators for employee use but did not provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard");      19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12 and at times prior, the employer provided employees in the Blending and Powder Rooms with N95 respirators, but had not provided them the Appendix D information.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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:    19 Depot St, Sutton, MA    On 11/20/12, the employers written Hazard Communication Program was one paragraph in the employee handbook that only vaguely addressed some of the topics in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h).