OSHA Inspection: NEW HOPE MILLS MANUFACTURING, INC.

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $1,488 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:      a) Mixing Area, on or about 1/24/14:  Goodway vacuum, model DV-CD used to collect Class II combustible dust is not approved for that use.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    a)  Mixing Room, on or about 12/4/13:  Upper level mezzanine, swing gate was not secured and exposed workers to a 9 foot 2 inch fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,190 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:    a)  Warehouse, on or about 12/4/13:   Northwest exit door is equipped with an auto locking device that was not functioning properly and prevented emergency egress from the area.    b)  Storage Room/Receiving Dock, on or about 12/4/13:  Exit door was locked and blocked by machinery, thereby preventing emergency egress from this area.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    a)  Storage Room/Loading Dock area, on or about 12/4/13:  Exit route was blocked by a machine which prevented use of the exit door.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $893 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a respirator did not in itself create a hazard:    a)  Production Room, on or about 12/4/13:  The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a 3M half mask respirator with organic vapor cartridges was appropriate for the protection against dust.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:     a)  Production Room, on or about 12/4/13:  The employer did not ensure that an employee who was voluntarily wearing a 3M half mask respirator was medically able to use that respirator.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:        a)  Production Room, on or about 12/4/13:  The employer did not provide Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 to employees who voluntarily wear respirators.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,190 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)  Packing Room, on or about 12/4/13:  Panama Seamer had rotating parts that were not fully guarded.

Issued

Jan 29, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,190 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i:    a)  Mixing Room, near Mixer-A, on or about 12/4/13:  Compressed air greater than 100 p.s.i. is used for cleaning purposes.