OSHA Inspection: S.J. MCCULLAGH COFFEE INC.

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.    a) On or about 07/31/14 on the second floor mezzanine; employer failed to keep the area around the coffee bean hoppers and the ground coffee silos clean when they did not clean up spilled coffee exposing employees to fall hazards.      b) On or about 07/31/14 on the second floor mezzanine; employer failed to keep the area around the bucket elevators and the coffee bean hoppers clean and orderly when they did not pick up scrap, such as but not limited to, discarded fiber drum metal rings, scrap wiring, cardboard boxes, exposing employees to fall hazards.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(7): Every temporary floor opening did not have standard railings, or was not constantly attended by someone.     a) On or about 07/31/14 at the north end of the mezzanine; employer failed to protect employees from a fall hazard of greater than ten feet while stringing caution tape and ropes across a temporary floor opening measuring 5 feet by 8 feet, operating controls and conducting equipment inspection.        NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Abate by

Sep 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the methods and means necessary for energy isolation;     a) On or about 08/12/14 in the Packing machine area; employer failed to provide training to the employees who perform service and maintenance, such as but not limited to, threading packaging film into the machine, cleared film jams, cleaned inside the packing machines #1,#2,#3,#4, on the need to turn off the local disconnect prior to performing these tasks, exposing them to caught between hazards created by the moving portions of the machines.        ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Abate by

Sep 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment was not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source:  a) On or about 08/12/14 in the Packing machine area; employer failed to require employees prior to performing service and maintenance, such as but not limited to, threading packaging film into the machine, clearing film jams, cleaning inside the packing machines, on the coffee packing machine #1, #2, #3, #4, to switch off the local disconnect exposing them to caught between hazards of the moving portions of the machines.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 13, 2014

Abate by

Sep 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:  a) On or about 07/31/14 in the Roaster area; employer failed to provide access to the disconnect for the compressor when it was blocked by an air tank and other equipment.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED