OSHA Inspection: WEST SALEM PACKAGING

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.24(b): Fixed stairs were not provided for access from one structure level to another where operations necessitated regular travel between levels, and for access to operating platforms at any equipment which requires attention routinely during operations:    On or about December 17, 2014 the employer failed to provide fixed industrial stairs to an operating platform in the Viking Room where employees manually and routinely add chemicals to a hopper at an elevated height. Employees are working from a portable ladder stand that is not the right height, as the working platform cannot be accessed. Employees are working from the steps of the portable ladder stand, as the ceiling in the building is to low to allow them to stand on the working platform on the portable ladder stand.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to provide medical evaluations for employees who voluntarily used respirators, and the employer failed to ensure that respirators were cleaned, stored, and maintained properly.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $4000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to ensure that annual periodic inspections of the energy control procedures were performed.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:    On or about December 17, 2014, employees who performed authorized work on machines, such as the packaging machine in the Hayseen Room, did not follow the steps of the energy control procedure to affix an energy isolation device on the machine before beginning authorized work.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to assure that all employees who perform authorized work on machines at the facility, such as the machines in the Hayseen Room, have been adequately trained in energy isolation procedures and understand how to affix energy isolating controls to the machines they are working on.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $950.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to adequately train employees in the use of fire extinguishers.       Note the employer may exercise one of the following options:     1. Provide portable fire extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), meet the distribution requirements per 29 CFR 1910.157(d) (75 to the nearest extinguisher for Class A fires and 50 to the nearest unit for Class B fires), and provide training and education for all employees in the use of such equipment and the hazards associated with incipient stage fire fighting as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(g).  The other sections of 29 CFR also apply.     2. Provide extinguishers as specified in 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), designate certain employees to be the only employees authorized to use such equipment and require all other employees to immediately evacuate upon the sound of the fire alarm, establish this in writing in an emergency action plan as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and train/educate designated employees per 1910.157(g).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from distribution requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157(d).     3. Establish a written fire safety policy which requires the immediate and total evacuation of employees from the workplace upon the sounding of a fire alarm signal.  This policy shall include an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan as specified in 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and 29 CFR 1910.39(a).  Utilizing this option exempts the employer from the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157 to include the need for providing portable fire equipment unless a specific standard requires that a portable fire extinguisher be provided (such as those requirements in 29 CFR 1910.106/107 related to the use/storage of flammable/combustible liquids).  If extinguishers are provided, but not intended for employee use, 29 CFR 1910.157(e) and (f) are still applicable (inspection, maintenance, and testing of equipment).

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1450.00 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 point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to protect employees from point of operation hazards on both Machine #2 and the machine in the Viking Room.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to provide training to employees regarding the chemicals they work with at initial employment. Lack of employee education and training has resulted in employees using bleach to wash their skin to remove stains from the dyes used in the production process.

Issued

2015-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    On or about December 17, 2014, the employer failed to provide the information and training within Appendix D to employees who voluntarily used respirators (dust masks) provided by the employer.