OSHA Inspection: WESTFORD REGENCY INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2450.00 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 energizing, 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) Location: 219 Littleton road, Westford MA, 01886      On or about 9/13/2013, employees were exposed to machine hazards while working on equipment without conducting lock out tag-out proceedures.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2450.00 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: 219 Littleton Road, Westford MA, 01886     On or about 9/13/2013, employee were not protected from ingoing nip points while operating the linen folding machine.