OSHA Inspection: GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.

Issued

Feb 25, 2016

Abate by

Mar 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toe board.          (a)  On or about October 20, 2015 at the above addressed worksite, at the Vomag Plauen embroidery machine, an employee walked on a wooden platform on the front side of the machine, adjacent to and above a rotating shaft, exposing the employee to the hazard of being caught in the rotating shaft in the event of a fall.          (b)  On or about October 20, 2015 at the above addressed worksite, at the Vomag Plauen embroidery machine, an employee waled on a wooden platform on the back side of the machine, adjacent to moving metal parts, exposing the employee to the hazard of being caught between the moving parts in the event of a fall.          (c)  On or about October 20, 2015, at the above addressed worksite, at the West Dock, an employee discarded trash from a metal platform into an unguarded stationary compactor while it was running, exposing the employee to the hazard of being caught in the moving blade in the event of a fall.

Issued

Feb 25, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,550 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:          (a)  On or about October 20, 2015 at the above addressed worksite, employees operated forklifts and had not had an evaluation in the last five years.

Issued

Feb 25, 2016

Abate by

Mar 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(a)(2): 29 CFR 1910.219(a)(2): Vertical and inclined belts (paragraphs (e) (3) and (4) of this section) if not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) inches wide and running at a speed of less than one thousand (1,000) feet per minute, and if free from metal lacings or fastenings were not guarded with a nip-point belt and pulley guard.          (a)  On or about October 20, 2015 at the above addressed worksite, in the manufacturing area, employees operated a Juki DSU-145-5 #4337 sewing machine without guards on the belts and pulleys, exposing the employees to being caught by the in-running nip points.          (b)  On or about October 20, 2015 at the above addressed worksite, in the manufacturing area, employees operated a Juki LBH-782 #6240 sewing machine without guards on the belts and pulleys, exposing the employees to being caught by the in-running nip points.