OSHA Inspection: MISSISSIPPI TANTEC LEATHER INC

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Nov 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:  (a) Buffing area - On or about July 28, and August 5, 2015, combustible leather dust greater than 1/8 inches thick was on the buffing machine, the Chinmac pellet press inside of the outside "Shipping Container" light fixtures, fans, and electrical fittings and boxes.

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Nov 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The floors of every workroom were not maintained in a clean condition:  (a) Buffing area - On or about July 28, and August 5, 2015, combustible leather dust greater than 1/8 inches thick was on the floor around the buffing machine and the Chimmac pellet press.

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Dec 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,550 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) Throughout the facility - On or about July 28, 2015, the employer did not have a program consisting of specific energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections for equipment such as but not limited to; Curtain coater, Roller coater, Shaving machine, Buffing machine, Samming machine, and Material tumblers.

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Nov 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,040 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) Curtain Coater - On or about July 28, 2015, the in-running nip points between the flat belt conveyor and the rollers were not guarded to prevent contact while operating the controls, stop button and placing and removing leather parts from the machine.  (b) Roller Coater - On or about July 28, 2015, the in-running nip points between the flat belt conveyor and the rollers were not guarded to prevent contact while operating the controls, stop button and placing and removing leather parts from the machine.

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Dec 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Projecting shaft ends did not present a smooth edge without being guarded by nonrotating caps or safety sleeves:  (a) Roller Coater 2.2 meters wide - On or about July 28, 2015, the shaft bearings that the employee leans over to add heated material to the trough had set screws in the roller bearings and was not guarded.

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Jun 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $2,040 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2): 29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous Class II locations were not safe for the hazardous Class II, nor approved for the hazardous Class II location or the ignitable or combustible properties of the specific gas, vapor, dust or fiber that was present:  (a) Buffing room and outside storage container - On or about July 28 to August 5, 2015, among others; floor fans, junction boxes, receptacles, extension cords, lights were not approved for the combustible leather dust.

Issued

Nov 6, 2015

Abate by

Nov 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floor(s) or platform(s) 4 feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not provided with toeboards where required:  (a) The mezzanine - On or about July 28 to August 5, 2015, the mezzanine did not have a toe board where people and fork truck can pass under the edge.