OSHA Inspection: YE OLDE PEPPER COMPANIE

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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.     Location:  Basement       On or about 12/16/13, employees were exposed to fire and entrapment hazards as a result of a movable material/equipment conveyor restricting exit discharge in the staircase to 19.5-inches.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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:     Location: 1st Floor, production area       On or about 12/16/13, the employer did not provide a guarding device at the in-going die rollers of the Drop Machine, molding machine to protect employees from the in-going nip points.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1): Gear(s) were not guarded by a complete enclosure or by one of the methods specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1)(ii) and (f)(1)(iii):  Location: 1st Floor, production area  On or about 12/16/13, the employer did not guard the external gears that turn the in-going die rollers of the Drop Machine, molding machine to protect employees from in-going nip points.