OSHA Inspection: J W BLACK LUMBER COMPANY

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:    On or about December 3, 2013, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, there was an excessive accumulation of sawdust and wood shavings on the ground outside the bark chain sawmill area.  This condition exposed employees to slips, trips and falls.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, in the bark chain area, a midrail was not provided on the guardrail system where it led to the basement entry.  This condition exposed employees to falls from elevation.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

May 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, the employer had not evaluated the workplace to determine what hazards were present and if personal protective equipment such as but not limited to gloves, hearing, foot and eye protection, was the only personal protective equipment that was needed to adequately protect employees performing work task(s).

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

May 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification which included the requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, the employer did not have written certification to indicate that a hazard assessment had been performed in areas where employees are required to wear personal protective equipment such as but not limited to gloves, hearing, foot and eye protection.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

May 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, training was not provided to employees required to wear personal protective equipment such as but not limited to gloves, hearing, foot and eye protection.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 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:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 801 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, the employer did not include machine specific isolation procedures for the benefit of employees required to service and/or perform maintenance on equipment such as but not limited to the Debarker, Main saw, Edger, End Trim and Chipper machines.  Failure to do so exposed employees to caught-in and/or contact with rotating parts if the machine unexpectedly energized.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 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:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 801 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, in the maintenance shop, the rotating chuck on the lathe machine was not guarded.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of contact with rotating parts.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, in the maintenance shop, the rotating drill bit on the Powermatic drill press was not guarded.  This condition exposed employees to punctures and contact with the rotating bit.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, a tongue guard was not furnished on the bench grinder located in the maintenance shop.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of contact with the rotating grinding wheel and flying fragments.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, outside in the bark chain sawmill area, the belt and pulley to the motor drive for the bark chains were not guarded.  This condition exposed employees to contact with ingoing nip points.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical or inclined belt(s) were not enclosed by guard(s) conforming to the requirements specified at 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, outside in the bark chain sawmill area, the belt and pulley to the motor drive for the bark chains were not guarded.  This condition exposed employees to contact with ingoing nip points.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, outside shed, the chain and sprockets at the beginning and end of the green line were not guarded.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of contact with ingoing nip points.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, in the back chain area, the exposed conductors in the metal electrical box powering the heater were not covered.  This condition exposed employees to contact with live parts and electrical shock.

Issued

Apr 11, 2014

Abate by

Apr 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  On or about December 3, 2013, and times prior to, at 810 SE 1st Street in Corning, Arkansas, in the maintenance shop, the breakers inside the 240 volt electrical control panel located on the south wall were not identified.