OSHA Inspection: EPR, INC.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1350.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: An exit route was obstructed with material such as, a pile of cardboard boxes, broken glass and other debris.    ABATED DURING INSPECTION.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6): Each exit sign was not illuminated to a surface value of at least five foot-candles (54 lux) by a reliable light source and be distinctive in color:  Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: Each exit sign was not illuminated.  ABATED DURING INSPECTION.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: The employer's energy control procedures were generic and not written in step-by-step energy control procedures, specific to the machine, for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as the International Baler Corporation baling machine.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct an annual or more frequent inspection of the energy control procedure to ensure that the procedure and requirements of this standard were followed:    Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: The energy control procedures for equipment/machinery such as, but not limited to, the International Baler Corporation baling machine were not inspected at least annually or more frequently.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation:  Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: Authorized employees were not provided with training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the types and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation for equipment/machinery such as but not limited to, the International Baler Corporation baling machine.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 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:    Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770:  a: The nip points created between the fixed chamber and the moving bale/baling wire at near the operator's station were not equipped with guards or cover plates.    b: The inclined belt on the mobile conveyor used to fill the International Baler Corporation baling machine was not guarded to enclose the ingoing nip points created by the rotating material belt and the pulley.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  Facility, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: The employees wearing dust mask/respirators on a voluntary basis were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator in compliance with the conditions of its certification:  Facility, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: The employer did not provide a NIOSH-certified respirator to employees wearing dust masks on a voluntary basis.

Issued

2013-12-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.145(a)(2): All new signs and replacements of old signs were not in accordance with specifications in 1910.145(c) through (e):  Warehouse, 99 Great Hill Rd, Naugatuck, CT 06770: The front and rear side of the hopper was not equipped with warning signs stating "keep hands and feet out of the baler," and the baling chamber/wire slots were not equipped with a warning sign warning of pinch points on the International Baler Corporation baling machine.