OSHA Inspection: TAYLOR CRAFT DOORS, LLC

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Jul 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $2,450

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazard are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    On or about October 28, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not perform a personal protective equipment hazard assessment of the workplace to determine appropriate gloves to use while operating the Vecoplan horizontal wood shredder, exposing the employees operating the shredder to the hazard of being caught in and pulled into the machine.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

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29 CFR 1910.213(r)(4): Suitable guard(s) were not provided to reduce to a minimum the hazard due to the point of operation on the woodworking machine:  On or about October 28, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure the point of operation on the Vecoplan Horizontal wood shredder was guarded to prevent employees from getting their hands caught in the machine.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

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

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29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(x): Flexible cords and cables were not protected from accidental damage:    On or about October 28, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that the flexible power cords on the Vecoplan Horizontal Wood Shredder were protected from accidental damage, in that they were located across an aisle way subject to foot traffic.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $350 Reduced

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29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.    On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not record the following workplace injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar years 2011 and 2013.    a. 2011 Cases # 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14 and 15 were not checked to determine the classification of the case or if they resulted in restricted work.    b. 2013 Cases # 5 and 6 were not checked to determine the classification of the case.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4): The employer did not correctly classify the following work-related injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.    On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not enter correctly the following work-related injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.    For 2013 case number 4 was not correctly classified, in that neither line (K) nor line (L) was checked.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent.    On or about October 28, 2013, for year 2011the employer used an obsolete version of the form 300 which did not contain column (M) Section 6.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): The employer did not provide the required injury or illness descriptions on the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, OSHA Form 300:    On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not provide the required injury or illnesses descriptions on the OSHA 300 Log for the calendar years, 2011, 2012 and 2013.    a. 2011 cases 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15.    b. 2012 cases 1,2,3,4.    c. 2013 cases 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(2): The employer did not fill out or correctly fill out an OSHA Form 301 or equivalent for each recordable injury or illness.    On or about October 28, 2013, for calendar year 2012, 2113, the OSHA 301 Incident Reports or substitute forms were incomplete and not maintained at the detail required by the regulation for each case on the OSHA 300 Logs.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(b)(3): A company executive did not certify the he or she has examined the OSHA 300 Log and that he or she reasonably believes, based on his or her knowledge of the process by which the information was recorded, that the annual summary is correct and complete:    For the years 2011, 2012, 2013 a company executive did not certify the OSHA Form 300A Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours.    a. On or about March 11, 2014, the records 300, 300A and 301's were not received within four hours of the written request.     b. Records produced on or about March 13, 2014 did not include all forms 301's for injuries logged in years 2011, 2012, 2013. Only one 301 for each year was provided.