OSHA Inspection: RESER'S FINE FOODS

Issued

May 3, 2016

Abate by

May 25, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:    Employees engaged in maintenance activities using the steam peeler blow off tank in the Peel Room were exposed to burn or asphyxiation hazards in that signage was not provided.

Issued

May 3, 2016

Abate by

May 25, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    Employees engaged in production activities were exposed to amputation hazards in that the machine guarding was not provided around the drive gears of the film rollers on the cryovac machines.

Issued

May 3, 2016

Abate by

May 25, 2016

Penalty

Initial $20,000 · Current $7,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1): Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    Employees engaged in production, cleaning, and  maintenance activities at the following locations were exposed to electrical hazards in that enclosures of electrical wiring was not provided:      a)  An employee engaged in production activities at the #1 peel machine was exposed to electrical hazards in that the Flume Pump switch on the control panel was broken off exposing internal wiring.    b)  An employee engaged in production activities at the #2 peel machine was exposed to electrical hazards in that the Hydraulic Pack switch on the control panel was broken off exposing internal wiring.    c)  An employee engaged in cleaning activities at the #2 peel machine was exposed to electrical hazards in that the Power Washer switch was broken off exposing internal wiring.    d) Employees engaged in maintenance activities near the Dairy Tank in the Milk Room were exposed to electrical hazards in that the conduit was damaged exposing internal wiring.    e) Employees engaged in production activities using the Mash Cook Flume Pump were exposed to electrical hazards in that the conduit leading into the switch junction box was damaged exposing wiring.      The Resers Fine Foods was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1041296, citation number one (1) item number two (2) and was affirmed as a final order on 3/11/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 3215 S.E. 6th Street in Topeka, Kansas.