OSHA Inspection: DEEPFLEX, INC.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(2):  Runways four feet or more above floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent) and toeboards:    a)  On or about 08/06/2013, the employer did not provide fall protection to employees who were exposed to falls greater than eight (8) feet when crossing runways without standard railings or personal fall arrest systems on the East Primary Winder and West Primary Winder.    Note:  Toeboards are only required where tools, machine parts, or materials are likely to be used on the runway.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4):  When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  a)  On or about 08/06/2013, the employer did not develop or implement a written permit space entry program when employees were required to enter permit-required confined spaces such as the oven, the extrusion hoppers, and underneath the carrousels.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(i):  Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including specifying acceptable entry conditions:  a)  On or about 08/06/2013, the employer did not develop or implement specific acceptable entry conditions for employees who entered the permit-required confined space of the oven to conduct conveyor replacements and vacuum installation.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(viii):  Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that employees properly used rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9):  a)  On or about 08/06/2013, the employer did not ensure that employees used rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9) when employees entered the permit-required confined space of the oven to conduct conveyor replacements and vacuum installation.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3)(i):  Each authorized entrant did not use a chest or full body harness, with a retrieval line attached at the center of the entrant's back near shoulder level, or above the entrant's head:  a)  On or about 08/06/2013, the employer did not ensure that employees used a chest or full body harness, or a retrieval line when employees entered the permit-required confined space of the oven to conduct conveyor replacements and vacuum installation.  NOTE: Wristlets may be used in lieu of the chest or full body harness if the employer can demonstrate that the use of a chest or full body harness is infeasible or creates a greater hazard and that the use of wristlets is the safest and most effective alternative.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(5)(i):  The entry supervisor did not terminate entry and cancel the entry permit when the entry operations covered by the entry permit had been completed:    The entry permits that documented compliance and authorized employee entry into the permit-required confined space of the oven were not cancelled by the entry supervisor:    a)  On or about 07/09/2013 when employees entered the oven to level the internal oven roller decking.    b)  On or about 07/11/2013 when employees entered the oven to level the internal oven roller decking.    c)  On or about 7/16/2013 when employees entered the oven to adjust the vacuum clamps.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(9):  The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the acceptable entry conditions:    a)  On or about 08/06/2013, the entry permit that documented compliance and authorized employee entry into the permit-required confined space of the oven did not identify the acceptable entry conditions when employees entered to conduct conveyor replacements and vacuum installation.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(10):  The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the results of initial and periodic tests performed under 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5), accompanied by the names or initials of the tester:    The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized employee entry into the permit-required confined space of the oven did not identify the results of initial or periodic tests:     a)  On or about 06/28/2013 through 07/11/2013 when employees entered the oven to mount vacuum system,, remove vacuum system, level roller decking, cut entry door, and mount support brackets.    b)  On or about 07/16/2013 when employees entered the oven to adjust vacuum clamps.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(i):  An employer who designated rescue and emergency services, pursuant to paragraph (d)(9) of this section, did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified:    a)  On or about 08/06/2013, when the employer designated the local fire department for the company's rescue and emergency services, the employer did not evaluate the fire department's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazards of entering the permit-required confined space of the oven.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(ii):  When designating rescue and emergency services pursuant to paragraph (d)(9), the employer did not evaluate the prospective rescuer's ability, in terms of proficiency with rescue-related tasks and equipment, to function appropriately while rescuing entrants from the particular space or types of spaces identified:    a)  On or about 08/06/2013, when the employer designated the local fire department for the company's rescue and emergency services, the employer did not evaluate the fire department's ability to function appropriately while rescuing entrants from the permit-required confined space of the oven.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Jan 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(f)(6)(iii):  All floor, remote and pulpit operated crane bridge drives were not provided with a brake of non-coasting mechanical drive:    a)  On or about 08/12/2013, the Shaw-Box 20 ton overhead crane in Building 1 was not provided with a brake of non-coasting mechanical drive.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iii):  A certification record which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the hook inspected, was not maintained:    a)  On or about 08/12/2013, the employer did not maintain certification records of the monthly inspections on the Shaw-Box 20 ton overhead crane's hook located in Building 1 of the facility.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(3): A complete periodic inspection of crane(s) had not been conducted in the past 12 months:  a)  On or about 08/12/2013, the employer had not completed a periodic inspection of the Shaw-Box 20 ton overhead crane since approximately May of 2012.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(e)(3)(ii):  The employer did not make and maintain a record of the most recent month in which each alloy steel chain sling was thoroughly inspected:    a)  On or about 08/12/2013, the employer did not make or maintain a record of the most recent month in which a yellow Gunnebo EKN-26-8 eye sling hook with latch, alloy steel chain sling was inspected.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 17, 2013

Abate by

Nov 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  On or about 08/06/2013, the employer had not evaluated a forklift operator's performance at least once every three years.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.