MODENA, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: SEALED AIR CORPORATION
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of SEALED AIR CORPORATION in 22 MEREDITH RD, MODENA, PA 19358 (NAICS 326199). OSHA activity number 340100742.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- SEALED AIR CORPORATION
- Site address
- 22 MEREDITH RD
- City
- MODENA
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19358
- Mailing
- 22 MEREDITH RD, MODENA, PA 19358
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 326199
- Employees
- 42
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.132 A
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered a) Jobsite: Downingtown pulper, right side of access point - No protective equipment was provided to protect employees from fall hazards capable of causing injury and impairment. The employees who operate the pulper were exposed to a 25 foot fall, on or about 9/30/14.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $3000
- · Z (S) $3500
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2015
- Abate by
- Mar 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 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: a) Jobsite: Front and back of Wet End section - The employer did not provide one or more methods of machine guarding to protect employees operating the wet end machine from in-running nip point hazards, on or about 9/30/14.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2000
- · Z (S) $2800
1910.261 K12
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2015
- Abate by
- Mar 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.261(k)(12): Dryer gears. Dryer gears shall be guarded excepting where the oilers' walkway is removed out of reach of the gears' nips and spokes and hot pipes in accordance with American National Standard B15.1 - 1953 (reaffirmed 1958). a) Jobsite: Back of Dryer sections - Employees maintaining the rear of the dryer section were exposed to crushing hazards in that the gears were not guarded, on or about 9/30/14.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $3000
- · Z (S) $3500
1910.261 K02 II
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2015
- Abate by
- Mar 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.261(k)(2)(ii): All ends of rotating shafts including dryer drum shafts shall be completely guarded. a) Jobsite: Wet End, front and back sides - The employer did not completely guard the rotating shafts exposing employees to entanglement hazards, on or about 9/30/14.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.23 A08
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2015
- Abate by
- Mar 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8): Every floor hole into which persons can accidentally walk were not guarded: a) Jobsite: Receiving, in front of the rail car - Employees receiving raw materials were exposed to trip and fall hazards from floor holes missing guards/covers. The floor holes measured approximately 8 feet long, 5 inches wide, 12 feet deep, and 8 feet long, 8 inches wide, and 12 feet deep, on or about 9/30/14.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $2100
1910.178 A04
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2015
- Abate by
- Apr 10, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4): Modifications or additions which affect capacity and safe operation of powered industrial truck were performed by the employer without the manufacturer's prior written approval: a) Jobsite: Pulper Area, by shaker screen - The employer affected the capacity and safe operation of the powered industrial truck by adding a cage for elevating personnel without the manufacture's prior written approval, on or about 9/30/14. PIT Mfr. - Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Corporation Model - Not determined Serial - Not determined PIT Mfr. - Toyota Industrial Equipment Model - 8FGU25 Serial - 19617 PIT Mfr. - Yale Materials Handling Corporation Model - GLP060VXEUsE087 Serial - B875B02482C
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 340100742.
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