OSHA Inspection: L S PACKAGING DESIGN, INC.

Issued

2015-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  a) At the facility, where the employer had not implemented a hearing conservation program.  An employee polishing stainless pieces was exposed to 67.2% of the noise dose which is equivalent to approximately 87.1 dBA.  Sampling was conducted for 404 minutes during one shift on December 23, 2014.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time of 76 minutes.

Issued

2015-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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 rotating parts, ingoing nip points, and/or point of operation hazards:  a) In the Machine Shop, where the chuck on the Victor high precision lathe was not guarded which exposed employees to rotating parts.  b) In the Fabrication Area, where the Chicago press brake, model HPB6026, serial 330271 was not guarded which exposed employees to ingoing nip points and point of operation hazards.

Issued

2015-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):  a) At the facility, where the employer did not certify that the operator had been trained to operate the Toyota forklift.

Issued

2015-03-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):  a) At the facility, where the employer had not evaluated the hazards of hexavalent chromium during the polishing and welding processes.