OSHA Inspection: SOUTH COAST PAPER, LLC

Issued

May 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a sanitary condition.  a)  Baler room; On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to fire hazards in that employees were allowed to work in areas where combustible dust had accumulated on overhead walls, rafters, duct work, equipment, and other exposed upper surfaces exceeding 1/4 inch in depth.

Issued

May 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,300 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) Machine operator (Folio machine):  On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed the employees operating the folio machine to noise at levels of 86.9% (equivalent to an 8 hour time weighted average TWA of 88.9 dBA) which is 1.74 times the action level of 50% (equivalent to an 8 hour TWA of 85dBA).  Results were calculated for a 460 minutes sampling period with a zero concentration assumption for the remaining 20 minutes.  The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.    b) Machine operator (Involver machine):  On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed the employees operating the involver machine to noise at levels of 67.7% (equivalent to an 8 hour time weighted average TWA of 87.1 dBA) which is 1.35 times the action level of 50% (equivalent to an 8 hour TWA of 85dBA).  Results were calculated for a 455 minutes sampling period with a zero concentration assumption for the remaining 25 minutes.  The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.      c) Machine operator (Rewinder machine):  On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed the employees operating the involver machine to noise at levels of 59.9% (equivalent to an 8 hour time weighted average TWA of 86.3 dBA) which is 1.20 times the action level of 50% (equivalent to an 8 hour TWA of 85dBA).  Results were calculated for a 454 minutes sampling period with a zero concentration assumption for the remaining 26 minutes.  The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.      d) Machine operator (Core Stripper machine):  On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior; the employer exposed the employees operating the Core Stripper machine to noise at levels of 71.6% (equivalent to an 8 hour time weighted average TWA of 87.5 dBA) which is 1.43 times the action level of 50% (equivalent to an 8 hour TWA of 85dBA).  Results were calculated for a 435 minutes sampling period with a zero concentration assumption for the remaining 45 minutes.  The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.

Issued

May 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a) Machinery throughout the facility: On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to potential hazardous energies in that employees were allowed to perform maintenance and servicing on equipment without having a lock out program, without being trained in lock out tag out, and without machine specific lock out tag out procedures.

Issued

May 8, 2015

Abate by

May 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a)  On or about February 23, 2015 and at times prior; the employer failed to develop, implement and maintain a Hazard communication program to protect employees from hazardous chemicals like but not limited to paints, combustible dust and welding gases (oxygen, acetylene, propane).