OSHA Inspection: NORLO OF NJ LLC

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 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:       a. Extrusion Lines: Employees were exposed to an 8 foot fall hazard while working from an unguarded platform that was not equipped with a guardrail system, on or about 6/06/2013.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.101(b): Section 3.3.8, Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, as adopted by 29 CFR 1910.101(b): Compressed gas cylinder(s) were stored near elevators, gang-ways or in location where heavy moving objects may strike or fall on them.      a. Outside Office: A compressed oxygen gas cylinder was unsecured, free standing and stored by the office door, on or about 7/24/2013.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinders were designed to accept caps, were not always in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders were in use or connected for use:      a. Outside Office: An oxygen compressed gas cylinder did not have a valve protection cap in-place, on or about 7/24/2013.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(e)(4)(iii):     Permanent and removable fuel containers were not securely mounted to prevent jarring loose, slipping, or rotating:       a. Throughout Facility: The index pin was missing on the Hyster and Toyota powered industrial trucks; thus allowing the cylinder to rotate during operation, on or about 6/06/2013.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Abate by

Nov 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 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 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:       a. Extrusion Lines: Employer did not establish an energy control procedure for employees performing service and maintenance on plastic extrusion machine such as but not limited to replacing connectors, motors, hoses and oils, on or about 6/06/2013.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):     The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):     a. Facility: The employer did not provide training for employees operating Hyster and Toyota powered industrial trucks, on or about 6/06/2013.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Abate by

Nov 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 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 ingoing nip points and rotating parts:      a. Extrusion Line # 2: An employee was exposed to an amputation hazard from the unguarded rollers of a thermoforming plastic extrusion machine. On 6/06/2013, an employee was injured by the unguarded rollers of the thermoforming plastic extrusion machine.

Issued

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,540 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. Extrusion Line # 2: An employee operating a thermoforming plastic extrusion machine was exposed to an amputation hazard from an unguarded chain, on or about 6/06/2013.