OSHA Inspection: J TURNER SEAFOODS INC

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 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:  Location - Production area: On or about 6/27/13, the employer failed to establish an adequate energy control program that included procedures for cleaning a Baader type 47 skinner machine.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 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 point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  (a) Location - Production Area: On or about 6/27/13, Employees were exposed to abrasions and lacerations when the employer failed to adequately guard a baader type 47 skinning machine.