OSHA Inspection: MAPLEWOOD BEVERAGE PACKERS LLC

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,960 · Current $3,960

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29 CFR 1910.22(b)(1): Aisles and passageways were not kept clear and in good repair, with no obstruction across or in aisles that could create a hazard:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - south side of the facility    Pipeline installed 5 inches above the floor surface creates tripping hazard in a passage way leading to an emergency exit located on the south side of the production area.     Violation observed on or about 01/10/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.36(g)(4): Objects that projected into the exit route reduced the width of the exit route to less than the minimum width requirements for exit routes.    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ     Exit route on the south side of the facility was obstructed by a permanent mounted box which was it measured at its narrowest point to be approximately 25 inches wide.     Violation observed on or about 01/10/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $5,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1): Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:     a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - cooling tunnel area     Railings mounted on an elevated platform in the cooling tunnel area did not contain an intermediate rail and had a vertical height of 38 inches from the top rail to the platform surface.     Violation observed on or about 12/11/2013

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $5,200 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.27(f): Ladders were not maintained in a safe condition or inspected regularly:     a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - cooling tunnel platform     Grip tape installed on an aluminum job-made fixed ladder was not properly maintain, thereby exposing employees to slip hazards while utilizing the ladder to access the cooling tunnel platform located approximately 6ft and 5in above the lower surface.     Violation observed on or about 12/11/2013

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jun 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,950 · Current $4,200 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:      a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - south side of the facility      Directional signs were not posted to indicate the direction of travel to the nearest emergency exit in the south side of the facility, making this exit difficult to find and access in case of emergency.       Violation observed on or about 12/11/2013    b) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - west side of the facility    Directional signs were not posted to indicate the direction of travel to the nearest emergency exit in the west side of the facility, making this exit difficult to find and access in case of emergency.     Violation observed on or about 01/10/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,950 · Current $4,200 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1): The employer did not develop and implement an emergency response plan to handle anticipated emergencies prior to commencement of emergency response operations:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Production area    Employer does not have an emergency response plan to guide employees from the sanitation department who are assigned to respond to potential spills of hazardous substances such as but not limited to liquid sodium hydroxide.     Violation disclosed on or about 04/14/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Nov 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,950 · Current $2,465 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(ii): First responders at the operational level did not receive at least eight hours of training or did not have sufficient experience to objectively demonstrate competency in the areas required by 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(ii)(A) through (q)(6)(ii)(F) and/or the employer did not so certify:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Production area    Sanitation employees required to respond to spills of hazardous substances such as but not limited, liquid sodium hydroxide, are not provided with sufficient training to recognize the presence of hazardous material, stop leaks or clean up leaked material.     Violation disclosed on or about 04/14/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $6,930

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:     a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Krones Topmatic Labeling Machine     Machine operators required to perform cleaning of the Krones Labeling machine do not utilize lockout/tag-out procedures to prevent unexpected re-energization.      Violation is ongoing; it was most recently disclosed on or about 04/15/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Krones Topmatic Labeling Machine     Machine operators required to perform cleaning of the Krones Labeling machine were not provided with lockout devices to prevent unexpected re-energizing of the machine while conducting this work.     Violation is ongoing, it was most recently disclosed on or about 04/15/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $5,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Krones Topmatic Labeling Machine     Employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedures on an annual basis to ensure compliance with the requirement of the standard.      Violation is ongoing; it was most recently disclosed on or about 04/15/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $5,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Krones Topmatic Labeling Machine     Machine operators required to perform cleaning of the Krones Labeling machine were not provided training covering the application of energy isolation procedures to prevent unexpected re-energizing of the machine while conducting this work.     Violation is ongoing; it was most recently disclosed on or about 04/15/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jun 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $5,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ    Yale propane fork lift truck was being operated with a broken containment clamp designed to secure to rear mounted propane tank in place.     Violation observed on or about 01/06/2014    b) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ     Yale electric fork lift truck was being operated with a broken mast chain. This defect could limit the fork lift trucks capacity to handle loads safely.    Violation observed on or about 04/02/2014

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,930 · Current $5,000 Reduced

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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) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Solbern Cascade Liquid Filler      Angelus Seamer device was not guarded to protect machine operators from crushing hazards.     Violation observed on or about 12/17/2013

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,960 · Current $3,200 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - throughout the facility     The employer failed to implement a hazard communication program for workers exposed to sanitizer DicaSan CIP, alkaline cleaner ALKADET NP, liquid caustic detergent LIQUID HI-ALK 90.        Violation disclosed on or about 12/16/2013

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein:    a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - throughout facility     Temporary employees perform cleaning duties using hazardous chemicals poured into an unmarked spray bottle. Some of the hazardous chemicals include but are not limited to, sanitizer DicaSan CIP, alkaline cleaner ALKADET NP, liquid caustic detergent LIQUID HI-ALK 90 which can cause severe eye, skin and digestive track burns.      Violation observed on or about 12/17/2013

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:   a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - throughout facility   Temporary employees perform cleaning duties using hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to; sanitizer DicaSan CIP, alkaline cleaner ALKADET NP, liquid caustic detergent LIQUID HI-ALK 90 which can cause severe eye, skin and digestive track burns. Temporary employee are not provided with training to recognize the hazards of dealing with material.   Violation observed on or about 12/17/2013

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $13,860 · Current $0 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) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - Krones Topmatic Labeling Machine      Panel guard on the Krones Topmatic machine was removed, exposing employees to crushing hazards while coming in contact with moving parts.      Violation observed on or about 12/17/2013     Maplewood Beverage Packers, LLC. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 314702515, Citation 1, Item 4a, issued on 09/23/201 and became a final order on 03/01/2011, with respect to a workplace located on 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040.

Issued

Jun 11, 2014

Abate by

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(C): Employees whose work operations were in an area where energy control procedures were utilized were not instructed about the procedure:  a) 45 Camptown Road, Maplewood, NJ - production area  Temporary employees working in the production area where equipment, such as but not limited to the Krones topmatic labeling machine which is periodically serviced, were not provided with training on the purpose and use of the company's energy control procedures.  Violation observed on or about 12/11/2013