OSHA Inspection: ENGLISH BAY BATTER

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.       a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility, employees did not utilize the procedures within the lockout and tagout program when performing lockout on machines throughout the facility.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.  a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility, employees were required to de-energize equipment to perform adjustments and maintenance without authorized employee training.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.    a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the Refrigerated Dough room, a belt conveyor used to move cans had unguarded two inch by four inch openings in the stainless channel, approximately three foot from the floor, exposing employees to caught-in hazards.     b. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the Refrigerated Dough room, the front of a BURT can labeling machine was unguarded, exposing employees to caught-in moving parts while operating the machine.     c. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the Maintenance area, a heavy duty 12 speed drill press, model 1002, serial #03003, had an unguarded rotating chuck and drill bit, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2): General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.  b. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the Refrigerated Dough room, a BURT can labeling machine had an unsecured guard on the top of the machine, exposing employees to caught-in moving parts while operating the machine.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.    a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the maintenance area, there was an unguarded cutting bit at the point of operation on a Turnet milling machine, model 10M-20VA, Serial # 332041, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.  a. Located in the maintenance area, there were unguarded pulleys, approximately six feet from the floor, on a Turnet milling machine, model 10M-20VA, Serial # 332041, exposing employees to ingoing nip-point hazards.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.    a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the maintenance area, employees used a Dayton 6 inch, model 4Z123G, bench grinder to fabricate and perform maintenance activities. The grinder had been missing work rests for approximately six months, exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)  a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the maintenance area, employees used a Dayton 6 inch, model 4Z123G, bench grinder to fabricate and perform maintenance activities. The grinder had been missing tongue guards for approximately six months, exposing employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed.    a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the Refrigerated Dough room, employees walk beside and place empty containers used to transport dough materials beside an energized 480 volt panel. The panel had a missing breaker block off plate in the bottom of the panel, exposing employees to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

2014-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1): "Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs.    a. Located at the English Bay Batter facility in the Cookie Dough room, the door to an energized 480 volt equipment control cabinet was cracked opened approximately eight inches to allow the PLC to cool down. Employees were exposed to electrical shock while staging cookie dough containers beside the cabinet.