OSHA Inspection: STAFFING WITH BLISS, INC.

Issued

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:    (a)  On or about January 25, 2016 and at times prior, employees were exposed fire and smoke inhalation hazards when the exit door on the south wall of the production area of Precious Cat, Inc., was locked from the outside any time rail cars were moving in the garage on the other side of the door.       Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B):  Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:    (a)  On or about January 25, 2016, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from hazardous energy.  Staffing With Bliss, Inc., did not ensure that the host employer, Precious Cat, Inc., trained Staffing With Bliss temporary workers as affected employees, including their job duties and responsibilities relating to machines that must be or are locked out.  Affected employees are assigned work that requires them to be in an area in which servicing or maintenance is being preformed.  Machines that Staffing With Bliss, Inc., employees work around at Precious Cat, Inc., include, but are not limited to Bag Line One, Bag Line Two, the kitty litter conveyor, the additive mixers, the box line, the box gluing machines, and the handle application machine.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2):  Guard(s) on machine(s) were not affixed to the machine or secured elsewhere when attachment to the machine was not possible:    (a)  On or about January 22, 2016, and at times prior, Staffing With Bliss did not ensure its employees were protected from caught-in and amputation hazards from the return-side of the belt of the Universal UniTube conveyor, which moves kitty litter from the external storage silo into the processing area, and was unguarded in a location where temporary workers were assigned to work.  A portion of a worker's left hand was amputated.      (b)  On or about February 24, 2016, and at times prior, Staffing With Bliss did not ensure its employees were protected from caught-in hazards while working with the Hamer 2080 Automatic Form, Fill & Seal Packaging machines which are unguarded along the front and back, and had guards over the slicer-sealer on top of the machines that were not attached and easily removed.  When a pamphlet was stuck near the slicer-sealer timing belt on the Bag Line One machine, a worker reached in to remove it while the belt was moving.  He contacted the belt and was pulled into a pulley, and received a sever laceration on his hand.      Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(h)(1): Projecting key(s), setscrew(s), or other projections in revolving part(s) were not removed, made flush, or guarded by metal cover(s):  (a)  On or about January 25, 2016, and at times prior, Staffing With Bliss did not ensure its workers were protected from caught-in hazards at Precious Cat., Inc.  Raised set screws rotate on the drive shafts at the end of Bag Lines One and Two (Hamar 2080 machines), where full cat litter bags are transferred to the palatizing robot conveyor, and along the multi-section conveyors that take full bags to the palletizing robot.  Workers often wear baggy clothing and hoodies with dangling draw strings while inspecting and removing full cat litter bags next to the rotating shafts.   Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").