OSHA Inspection: SUMMER INDUSTRIES, LLC

Issued

Sep 11, 2014

Abate by

Oct 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    (a) Production Area, on or about and at times preceding to July 16, 2014, the employer had not established a lockout/tag out program for maintenance and repair on equipment including conveyors, winding machines, saws and the baler.

Issued

Sep 11, 2014

Abate by

Oct 7, 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) Production Area, on or about and at times preceding to July 16, 2014, the employer had not developed a hazard communication program to address chemicals such as, but not limited to: Caraustar glue, hydraulic oil, lubricants and cardboard.

Issued

Sep 11, 2014

Abate by

Oct 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical  a) In the Production Area, on or about and at times preceding to July 16, 2014, large storage tanks of glue were not identified as to their contents or the hazards contained within.

Issued

Sep 11, 2014

Abate by

Oct 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii): Employee training did not include the measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, including specific procedures the employer had implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment to be used:  a) Production Facility, on or about and at times preceding to July 16, 2014, employees were not trained on the hazards of the chemicals that they were exposed to during gluing, cutting cardboard, oiling, and greasing processes.