OSHA Inspection: CORRUGATED INDUSTRIES OF FLORIDA, INC

Issued

Mar 3, 2014

Abate by

Mar 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) Employees work in or around coil feeder or who may need to approach the electrical panel are exposed to amputation, caught in hazards in that the belts and pulleys in that area are not guarded.

Issued

Mar 3, 2014

Abate by

Mar 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii): Assigned storage spaces for cylinders was not located away from elevators, stairs, or gangways where cylinders could not be knocked over or damaged by passing or falling objects, or subject to tampering by unauthorized persons:   (a) At site employees performing metal fabrication duties which includes forklift operations in and around the area of a free standing, unsecured compressed oxygen cylinder are exposed to struck by hazard.

Issued

Mar 3, 2014

Abate by

Mar 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $1,020 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i): Portable cord and plug connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) were not visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage (such as pinched or crushed outer jacket):  (a) Employees performing work with overhead 5 ton capacity crane are exposed to electrical hazards in that hand held control device has exposed wires.

Issued

Mar 3, 2014

Abate by

Mar 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): An emergency action plan was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review:  (a) At site employees are a exposed to safety hazard in that employer has no define plans for employees to follow in the event of an emergency such as but not limited to a designated person to ensure evacuationand to account for all employees.

Issued

Mar 3, 2014

Abate by

Mar 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:    (a) At work site employees are exposed to forklift hazards while performing metal fabrication duties  in that each operator is not evaluated at required intervals.

Issued

Mar 3, 2014

Abate by

Mar 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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) Employees who perform machine lubrication maintenance, as part of the metal roof manufacturing process, are exposed to health hazards in that the repeated exposure to chemicals, such as but not limited to, the LPS Brand Grease may cause skin cracking, excessive inhalation of vapors can cause irritation of the respiratory tract, nausea, dizziness or headache where the employer has no hazard communication program.