OSHA Inspection: WINDY ACQUISITIONS, LLC

Issued

Jul 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a)  On or about July 18, 2013, the Agency (OSHA) had not received abatement certification for Citation 1 Item 2 for Inspection number 785101 regarding an emergency eyewash and shower.  (b)  On or about July 18, 2013, the Agency (OSHA) had not received abatement certification for Citation 1 Item 3 for Inspection number 785101 regarding forklift training.  (c) On or about July 18, 2013, the Agency (OSHA) had not received abatement certification for Citation 1 Item 4 for Inspection number 785101 regarding flexiable cords.  (d) On or about July 18, 2013, the Agency (OSHA) had not received abatement certification for Citatoin 2 Item 2 for Inspection number 785101 regarding flexiable cords.  Abatement certification is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Jul 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  a.  On or about July 18, 2013, the Agency (OSHA) had not received abatement documentation for Citation 1, Item 1 for Inspection Number 785101 - energy control program.  b.  On or about July 18, 2013, the Agency (OSHA) had not received abatement documentation for Citation 2, Item 1, for Inspection Number 785101 - completing OSHA 300 logs.

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:  Windy Acquisitions, LLC, did not establish a lockout program and machinery was not locked out when performing servicing and matenance on machinery, including, but not limited to: packing machine and the canning machine.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c):     Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    Water is added to the forklift battery, exposing an employee to injurious corrosive chemicals, and an eyewash and shower was not available in the work area.    Abatement certification is required for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l):     Operators were not trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks:    Employees operating the forklift truck had not been trained nor evaluated by Windy Acquisitions, LLC.    Abatement certification is required for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii):     Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:    On the flexible cord for the battery charger, the outer insulation was pulled out of the battery connecting device exposing bare copper wires.    Abatement certification is required for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a):     The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.     Windy Acquisitions, LLC, did not record work related injuries on the OSHA Form 300 or its equivalent.  The company had 3 injuries between 2010 and 2012 which included a dock plate hitting a maintenance employee in the forehead, a cut finger, from the canning machine that required stitches, and a broken nose, from a pallet falling on an employee's nose, that required surgery.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accrodance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii):   Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  The shrink wrap machine had a 110 volt flexible cord that had a splice in it.   Abatement certification is required for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c).