COOPERSBURG, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: COOPERSBURG BAGGING COMPANY, INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of COOPERSBURG BAGGING COMPANY, INC. in 551 SPRINGFIELD ST, COOPERSBURG, PA 18036 (NAICS 561910). OSHA activity number 339748337.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- COOPERSBURG BAGGING COMPANY, INC.
- Site address
- 551 SPRINGFIELD ST
- City
- COOPERSBURG
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18036
- Mailing
- P. O. BOX 668, COOPERSBURG, PA 18036
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 561910
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.23 C01
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $1,700 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards: a) Production Work Area, Hopper - On or about May 1, 2014, employees are working from an elevated work platform, approximately nine feet above a lower level, which was not equipped with a standard guardrail.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $1000
- · C (S) $1700
- · Z (S) $1700
1910.177 C01 I
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2014
- Abate by
- Oct 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $5,042 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.177(c)(1)(i): The employer failed to assure that no employee services any multi-piece rim wheel unless the employee has been trained and instructed in the correct and safe operating procedures described in 29 CFR 1910.177(f) for servicing multi-piece rim wheels: (a) Field/Scrap Yard Area - On or about May 1, 2014, employee who service multi-piece rim wheels and not trained and instructed on the hazards and related safe operating procedures to limit potential injury inherent to the hazards of this work.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $5042
- · C (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.177 F
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2014
- Abate by
- Oct 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.177(f): The employer did not establish a safe operating procedure for servicing multi-piece rim wheels which contained, at a minimum, the elements listed in 29 CFR 1910.177(f)(1) through (11): (a) Field/Scrap Yard Area - On or about May 1, 2014, employees were inflating tires with multi-piece rim wheels without the aid of the safe operating procedures necessary to prevent potential injury in the event of rim wheel failure.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.177 D04
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2014
- Abate by
- Oct 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.177(d)(4): The employer did not furnish or assure that employees use an air line assembly which includes a clip-on chuck, an inline valve with a pressure gauge or a pre-settable regulator, and a sufficient length of hose between the clip-on chuck: (a) Field/Scrap Yard Area - On or about May 1, 2014, employees are inflating multi-rim tires without using a combination of equipment, to include a minimum of a clip-on chuck, an inline valve with a pressure gauge or a pre-settable regulator, and a sufficient length of hose between the clip-on chuck, to minimize potential injury from rim or tire failure.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.215 A04
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $1,360 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Grinding machinery was used without work rest(s) present and/or adjusted to within 1/8 inch of the wheel. (a) Production Workshop Area - On or about May 1, 2014, a TDS-200 8 inch Dual-Wheel bench grinder was in use with only one work rest being installed and out of alignment which would not provide any means of preventing material in work from jamming the grinding wheel.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $1000
- · C (S) $1360
- · Z (S) $1360
1910.215 B09
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The abrasive wheel periphery(s) was without periphery guarding capable of being adjusted to within ¼ inch of grinding wheel. (a) Production Workshop Area On or about May 1, 2014, an employee used a TDS-200 8 inch bench grinder with missing tongue guards which would not function to contain any potential high-speed fragments in the event of wheel failure.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339748337.
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