OSHA Inspection: PANACEA PRODUCTS CORPORATION

Issued

Jul 19, 2013

Abate by

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.    a. At the worksite located on Joyce Avenue in Columbus, Ohio the employer did not ensure that employees utilized the lockout/tagout procedures while troubleshooting and making adjustments on the Lewis Cutter.

Issued

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed.    a. At the worksite located on Joyce Avenue in Columbus, Ohio the employer had an unused opening on the 480 VAC safety switch box directly adjacent to the tomato cage welder # 409 where employees worked assembling tomato cages.    b. At the worksite located on Joyce Avenue in Columbus, Ohio the employer had an unused opening on the 480 VAC safety switch box directly adjacent to the tomato cage welder # 410 where employees worked assembling tomato cages.    c. At the worksite located on Joyce Avenue in Columbus, Ohio the employer had an unused opening on the 480 VAC safety switch box directly adjacent to the tomato cage welder # 411 where employees worked assembling tomato cages.    d. At the worksite located on Joyce Avenue in Columbus, Ohio the employer had an unused opening on the 480 VAC safety switch box directly adjacent to the tomato cage welder # 412 where employees worked assembling tomato cages.

Issued

Jul 19, 2013

Abate by

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1): "Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs.  Note 1: Examples of increased or additional hazards include interruption of life support equipment, deactivation of emergency alarm systems, shutdown of hazardous location ventilation equipment, or removal of illumination for an area.  Note 2: Examples of work that may be performed on or near energized circuit parts because of infeasibility due to equipment design or operational limitations include testing of electric circuits that can only be performed with the circuit energized and work on circuits that form an integral part of a continuous industrial process in a chemical plant that would otherwise need to be completely shut down in order to permit work on one circuit or piece of equipment.  Note 3: Work on or near deenergized parts is covered by paragraph (b) of this section.    a. At the worksite located on Joyce Avenue in Columbus, Ohio a maintenance employee opened and entered a 480 VAC safety switch to install a knockout plug and did not deenergize the equipment