OSHA Inspection: LOSURDO FOODS, INC.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1071.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(c): Covers and/or guardrails were not provided to protect personnel from the hazards of open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, drains, etc.:  a)  Boiler Room, on or about 9/11/13:  A floor drain, approx. 12 inches by 5 feet in length  and 4 inches deep was not guarded.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1071.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floor(s) or platform(s) 4 feet or more above the adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent as specified in 29 CFR 1910.23(e)(3)(i) through (v)), on all open sides:  a)  Front Loading Dock, on or about 9/11/13:  Open sided floor at the loading dock was not provided with a midrail in one section.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.24(h): Standard railings were not provided on the open sides of all exposed stairways and stair platforms:  a)  Front Loading Dock, on or about 9/11/13:  A fixed stairway at the loading dock with five risers was not provided with a midrail on the right side descending.  b)  Ricotta Room, on or about 9/11/13:  A fixed stairway at the Double O's with 7 risers was not provided with midrails.  c)  Ricotta Room, on or about 9/11/13:  A fixed stairway at the ricotta kettles with 5 risers was not provided with midrails.   Abatement certification must be submitted for these items.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Exit doors were locked or fastened, preventing free escape from inside the building:  a)  Warehouse, on or about 9/11/13:  Four exit doors in the warehouse were double locked at the door handle and with a latch.  Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1071.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:  a)  Warehouse, on or about 9/11/13:  There were no exit directional signs to indicate the direction of travel to the nearest exit.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5): Each doorway or passage along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit was not marked "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or be identified by a sign indicating its actual use (e.g. closet):  a)  Compressor Room, on or about 9/11/13:  A door in the room was not marked as to its actual use.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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:  a)  Boiler Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Two exit signs were not illuminated by a reliable light source.  b)  Warehouse, on or about 9/1/13:  There were five exit signs that were not illuminated by a reliable light source.  Abatement certification must be submitted for these items.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(7): Each exit sign did not have the word "Exit" in plainly legible letters not less than six inches (15.2 cm) high, with the principal strokes of the letters in the word "Exit" not less than three fourths of an inch (1.9 cm) wide:  a)  Boiler Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Two exit signs located at each exit door were not properly marked.  b)  Warehouse, on or about 9/11/13:  There were five exit signs located at each exit door that were not properly marked.  Abatement certification must be submitted for these items.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $1785.00 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)  Maintenance Dept., on or about 9/11/13:  Rotating chuck on a Rockwell/Delta drill press was not guarded.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):  a)  Fresh Mozzarella Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Point of operation at the die cutter on a Holmatic heat sealer machine was not guarded.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1071.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(i)(2): Revolving surfaces of shaft coupling(s) were not covered by a safety sleeve:  a)  Pasteurizer Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Shaft coupling on a booster pump was not adequately guarded.  b)  Fresh Mozzarella Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Shaft coupling on a pump for the CMC machine was not adequately guarded.  c)  Whey Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Shaft coupling on a pump to the whey tank was not adequately guarded.  Abatement certification must be submitted for these items.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1071.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:  a)  Cheese Loading Dock, on or about 9/11/13:  Flexible cord providing current to a Clute 500-S stretch wrap machine was being used as permanent wiring.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, including, but not limited to Items A-D of this section:      a)  At the establishment, on or about 9/11/13:  There were no written machine specific procedures for various machinery outlining the rules and techniques to be utilized for each piece of equipment, including, but not limited to compressors, heaters, pumps, wrappers, fillers, cooling units, etc.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2013-10-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(1): Each disconnecting means required by Subpart S of Part 1910 for motors and appliances was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  a)  Pasteurizer Room, on or about 9/11/13:  Three disconnect switches on the wall were not labeled as to their purpose.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.