OSHA Inspection: WALTERS BROTHERS LUMBER MANUFACTURING INC.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Nov 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,575 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(5)(ii): Where mobile test vans were used to meet the audiometric testing obligation, the employer did not obtain a valid baseline audiogram within 1 year of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level:     (a) Throughout the facility; Temporary employee(s) employed one year or more had not received an audiogram within the first year of the employees noise exposure.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Nov 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(6): At least annually after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the employer did not obtain a new audiogram for each employee exposed at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels :     (a) Throughout the facility; Audiograms were not completed at least annually with every employee exposed at or above the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Oct 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(8)(ii)(B): Standard Threshold Shift (STS) Follow-Up Procedures. The employer did not ensure, when a STS occurs, that employees already using hearing protectors are refitted and retrained in the use of hearing protection and provided with hearing protectors offering greater attenuation if necessary:  (a) Throughout the facility; Employees that experienced a standard threshold shift were not refitted and retrained in the use of hearing protectors.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Nov 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(2): The training program was not repeated annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program:    (a) Throughout the facility; Training was not conducted annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Sep 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,575 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees hands were exposed to hazardous condition(s):     (a) Throughout the facility; Employees required to change out LP tanks on the forklifts were not provided with necessary hand protection.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Sep 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:   (a) Throughout the facility; Forklifts were not inspected daily to identify any potential deficiencies with the lift before being placed in service.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Oct 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · 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:     a) Pallet Shop- Maintenance Room; The large lathe was operated without adequate rotating part and flying chip guarding.      b) Pallet Shop- Maintenance Room; The small lathe was operated without adequate rotating part and flying chip guarding.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Oct 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $140 · Current $105 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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) Throughout the facility; Periodic inspections of the energy control procedures were not conducted at least annually on equipment such as, but not limited to, the Double End Trim Saw, the Rottochopper, the Hazelthorn Gang Resaw, the Scragg Mill Cornell Gang Resaw, etc.     Walters Brothers Lumber Manufacturing, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard (29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)) based on periodic inspections of energy control procedures not being performed at least annually, which was contained in inspection number 110279, citation number 1 item 1b and was affirmed as final order on March 08, 2012, with respect to their workplace located at 10489W Highway 27/70 in Radisson, WI.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Sep 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $140 · Current $105 Reduced

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) Throughout the facility;  A performance evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator was not conducted at least every three years.     Walters Brothers Lumber Manufacturing, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard (29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)) based on employees performance not being evaluated every three years on powered industrial vehicles, which was contained in inspection number 110279, citation number 2 item 1 and was affirmed as final order on March 08, 2012, with respect to their workplace located at 10489W Highway 27/70 in Radisson, WI.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Sep 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.10(a): The employer did not record all cases on the OSHA 300 Log when an employee's hearing test (audiogram) revealed that the employee had experienced a work-related Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in hearing in one or both ears, and the employee's total hearing level is 25 decibels (dB) or more above audiometric zero (averaged at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS:     (a) Throughout the facility; Employees diagnosed with a standard threshold shift and a total hearing level 25 decibels (dB) or more above the audiometric zero were not recorded on the OSHA 300 Log.

Issued

Aug 21, 2014

Abate by

Sep 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:   (a) Pallet Shop Dust Collector; The employer did not have a permit-required confined space sign posted to inform employees of the existence and entrance requirements posed by the permit space.