OSHA Inspection: SUPER LOPEZ FOOD PRODUCTS AND TORTILLA FACTORY INC.

Issued

Jul 1, 2016

Abate by

Oct 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,410 · Current $2,646 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 was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a) At the facility, en energy control program had not been established.

Issued

Jul 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,410 · Current $2,646 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)  At the worksite where a Tortilla machine manufactured by Casa Herrera lacked machine guarding that to protect employees from the rotating parts of a conveyor belt.

Issued

Jul 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a)  At the worksite where a Chip Chopper lacked machine guarding at the point of operation.  b) At the worksite where the 400 pound Mazeca Masa Mixer, Serial number 30579732, lacked machine guarding at the point of operation.

Issued

Jul 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,410 · Current $2,646 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.263(g)(2): Handfed moulder(s) were not provided with either a belt-device or a hopper that extended high enough so that the hands of the operator could not get into the feed rolls:    a)  At the worksite where a handfed Techno-Maiz moulder, Serial number 10-97-971, was not provided with a hopper that was high enough to prevent the operator from reaching the feed rollers with his hands.     b) At the worksite where a handfed Casa Herrera moulder, Serial number A5111122, Model Number DC0-150, was not provided with a hopper that was high enough to prevent the operator from reaching the feed rollers with his hands.

Issued

Jul 1, 2016

Abate by

Jul 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,848 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    a) At the worksite and at the back wall of the manufacturing area, the circuit breaker boxes had openings that were unused and not closed.