OSHA Inspection: THE WEETABIX CO., INC.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1):     Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    CS1 Coater hoppers, Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, MA:  The employer did not provide guardrails or other fall protection for employees who climbed on top of the hoppers, approximately 10 feet from the next lower horizontal level, to clean the hoppers with compressed air wands.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1):     The employer did not provide standard railings or guards on stairways having four or more risers.    CS1 coater stair rail, Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts; The stairway on the CS1 coater had approximately 9 risers but did not provide a standard railing or guardrail that included a midrail to prevent employees from falling.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.26(c)(3)(vii):     Ladders were not used in a manner for which they were intended.    CS1 Coater Hopper, Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts:  Employees were climbing over the guardrails on a portable metal ladder to access the top of the coater hopper exposing the employee to falls.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1):     The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment:    Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts:  The employer did not perform a hazard analysis to determine if employees should wear personal protective equipment on processes throughout the facility including whether they should wear cut resistant gloves when cleaning the top of the CS1 coater hopper covers.  The lack of a hazard analysis to determine the need for cut resistant gloves, contributed to the amputation accident on November 11, 2012 on the CS1 coater hopper covers.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $3,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(a):     The conductors and/or equipment required or permitted by this subpart were not approved:     Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts; Equipment power cords had been replaced using cut extension cords violating the nationally recognized testing laboratory (NRTL) certification of the equipment.    Instance 1:  Portable scale cord had been replaced using an extension cord  Instance 2:  CS2-5 coater #2 shaker table had wire replaced with an extension cord

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii):     Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.    CS2-5 Coater 1, Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts: Pendant drops did not have strain reliefs in the ceiling to prevent conductors from being pulled from terminal screws.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Jul 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $3,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(2):     Employees, who were not qualified persons, were not trained in and familiar with any electrically related safety practices not specifically addressed by 29 CFR 1910.331 through 29 CFR 1910.335, but which were necessary for their sa      The Weetabix Company, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, MA;  The employer did not provide electrical safe work practice training to employees performing electrical lockout procedures including verifying the absence of voltage.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Jul 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i):     Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not provided with electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body that needed to be protected and for the work being performed:    Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts:  Maintenance employees were performing electrical work including testing with meters without using electrical personal protective equipment.

Issued

Mar 5, 2013

Abate by

Jul 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(ii)(A):     Safe procedures for deenergizing circuits and equipment were not determined before circuits and equipment were deenergized.      Weetabix, 20 Cameron Street, Clinton, Massachusetts:  The employer did not maintain a lockout program that included the provisions for electrical lockout per 29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2).