OSHA Inspection: O.C. SCHULZ & SONS, INC.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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 was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:     (a) On or about November 25, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to caught-in and crushing hazards while performing maintenance and machine clearing on the potato processing equipment at O.C Schulz & Sons located at 401 Fourth Street, Crystal, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

Apr 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 ingoing nip points:    (a) On or about November 25, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to a caught-in hazard between the conveyor and catch bin at the end of the packaging line at O.C Schulz & Sons located at 401 Fourth Street, Crystal, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

Apr 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains that were seven (7) or less feet from the floor or platform were not enclosed:   (a) On or about November 25, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to caught-in hazards from conveyor belt chain motors in the packaging area at O.C. Schulz & Sons located at 401 Fourth Street, Crystal, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a power industrial truck:     (a) On or about November 25, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to struck-by hazards while transporting potatoes with a Toyota forklift at O.C. Schulz & Sons located at 401 Fourth Street, Crystal, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(ii): Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards, based on the mechanical strength and durability, including, for parts designed to enclose and protect other equipment, the adequacy of the protection thus provided:     (a) On or about November 25, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to electrical hazards where cord sheathing in the packing line is broken at O.C. Schulz & Sons located at 401 Fourth Street, Crystal, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2014

Abate by

Oct 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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:     (a) The employer did not record a workplace injury on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year 2013 where an employee sustained an injury that required medical attention beyond first-aid at O.C Schulz & Sons located at 401 Fourth Street, Crystal, North Dakota.