OSHA Inspection: CHEESE PLEASERS, INC.

Issued

2014-08-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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)  On or about 06/04/2014, the open-sided platform in the Shred Room was over seven (7) feet above ground level and the railing on the platform did not have an intermediate rail.

Issued

2014-08-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0530

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon dioxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) concentration of 5000 ppm (parts per million):    a)  In the Shred Room, three Shred Room employees were exposed to carbon dioxide at levels exceeding 25000 ppm on 06/06/2014, which over a period of approximately 100 minutes would expose employees to carbon dioxide above the 8-hour TWA PEL of 5000 ppm.

Issued

2014-08-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0530

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  a)  In the Shred Room, three Shred Room employees were exposed to carbon dioxide at levels exceeding 25000 ppm on 06/06/2014, which over a period of approximately 100 minutes would expose employees to carbon dioxide above the PEL of 5000 ppm.  Controls in these circumstances may include, but are not limited to, the following:  1)  Introduce fresh air into the Shred Room to reduce carbon dioxide levels to below the PEL.  2)  Install equipment or controls on the bagging machine to meter the amount of carbon dioxide and nitrogen being injected into individual bags as opposed to a constant flow of the two gases.  3)  Reduce the amount of time employees run 5 lb bags in a day/shift to ensure carbon dioxide levels do not concentrate to levels that would exceed the PEL.

Issued

2014-08-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:  a)  On 06/04/2014, a compressed air gun on the bagging machine in the Shred Room operated at 84 p.s.i.