OSHA Inspection: LITTLE RILL CORPORATION

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Dec 29, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(6)(ii): Containers were not stored in a suitable enclosure or otherwise protected against tampering.      Little Rill Corporation, 77 Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; The employer does not ensure liquid petroleum gas cylinders are stored in suitable enclosures and are protected against tampering.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Dec 29, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i): Places of employment were not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allowed:    Production floor under conveyors, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Westfield Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; Salt accumulates under the conveyor belts and the areas are not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allows.    a.  under conveyor 3  b.  under conveyor 4

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

May 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:    Storage areas, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Westfield Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; Pallets, boxes, and other equipment in the storage areas were not stacked sot that they were stable and secured against sliding and collapse.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Dec 22, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not 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:    Automated bagging machine, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Westfield Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; Employees were exposed to unguarded in-running nip points and point of operation hazards when the guards for the automated bagging machine were not replaced after maintenance and repairs.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Jan 6, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    Conveyors 3 and 4, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Westfield Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts;  The lower pullies on conveyors 3 and 4 were not guarded, exposing employees to in-running nip points on the conveyors.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:    Facility wide, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Westfield Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; Extension cords were used in lieu of permanent wiring to supply power to several types of equipment throughout the facility.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Dec 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C): Flexible cords and cables were used where run through doorways, windows, or similar openings.  Shrink wrap machine, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Westfield Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; Flexible cords were run through the door of the shrink wrap machine was not protected from damage exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:    Manual packaging conveyor, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts;  Flexible cord connections to motors and controllers for the manual packaging operation did not have strain reliefs to that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws in the equipment exposing employees to electric shock hazards.

Issued

Dec 16, 2014

Abate by

Feb 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6): The employer did not ensure that all nameplates and markings were in place:  Mitsubishi Forklift, Little Rill Corporation, 77 Industrial Park Road, Westfield, Massachusetts; The Mitsubishi forklift in use in the maintenance area did not have a label plate indicating the lifting capacity of the machine.