OSHA Inspection: LOVE'S BAKERY, INC.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    (a) Throughout bakery: The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces, exposing employees to asphyxiation.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:    (a) Production area: The employer developed a Control of Hazardous Energy program with a Lockout/Tagout procedure that did not explain procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines, such as but not limited to, dividers, ovens, proof boxes, conveyors, sifters, mixers, stackers, overhead coolers, and slicers, exposing employees to caught-in, struck-by, and electrical shock hazards.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    (a) Production area: The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection, at least annually, of the energy control procedures used for servicing and maintenance of the dividers, ovens, proof boxes, conveyors, sifters, mixers, stackers, overhead coolers, and slicers, exposing employees to hazards such as, but not limited to, struck-by, pinch points and electricity.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2550.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:    (a) Throughout the warehouse: Several employees who operate powered industrial trucks had not received refresher training at least once every three years, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:    (a) Engineering shop: An SBL lathe machine was staged in the engineering department and was not equipped with a guard around the rotating jaws, exposing employees to caught-in hazards.      (b) Engineering shop: The Bridgeport milling machine that was staged in the engineering department was not equipped with a guard, exposing employees to caught-in hazards.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    (a) Production area, return conveyor: The employer failed to guard sprockets and chains on the proof box conveyor with a stationary enclosure, exposing employees to the pinch point hazards of rotating parts.     (b) Production area, discharge conveyor: The employer failed to guard sprockets and chains on the oven conveyor with a stationary enclosure, exposing employees to the pinch point hazards of rotating parts.      (c) Production area, bun vacuum station: The employer failed to guard sprockets and chains on the bun conveyor with a stationary enclosure, exposing employees to the pinch point hazards of rotating parts.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4250.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C): Flexible cords and cables were used where run through doorways, windows, or similar openings.    (a) Production area, flexible cord: The employer had a flexible cord that was run through a conveyor window opening to power portable lamps or lighting within the proof box for the bread line.

Issued

2013-03-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:    (a) Warehouse area: The employer exposed employees to fire hazards caused by a fire extinguisher that was obstructed by a storage cart within the warehouse.