OSHA Inspection: B-P PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a sanitary condition.    WORKSHOP:  The belt, draped around the bottom of the trombone section of the International folder/gluer was creating a slip/trip hazard.      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not verified through a written certification that the workplace hazard assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE) had been completely performed and evaluated.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment (PPE).   WORKSHOP:  The employer had not provided the employees required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) with the information and training on the Workplace Hazard Assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE).

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not conducted an annual and/or periodic review of the step-by-step hazardous energy control procedures in machine specific to ensure the procedures and requirements were followed at all times.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees.   WORKSHOP:  An employee, as "affected and/or other type" was not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of energy sources (lockout/tagout) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the die cutting machines.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not evaluated the performance of the powered industrial truck (PIT) operator at least once every three years.      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.    WORKSHOP: The crushing points, created by the upper die cutters located at the platen areas of the following machines were unguarded:       1.  Bobst #1  2.  Bobst #13  3.  Bobst #14    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator. The spreader shall be made of hard tempered steel, or its equivalent, and shall be thinner than the saw kerf. It shall be of sufficient width to provide adequate stiffness or rigidity to resist any reasonable side thrust or blow tending to bend or throw it out of position. The spreader shall be attached so that it will remain in true alignment with the saw even when either the saw or table is tilted. The provision of a spreader in connection with grooving, dadoing, or rabbeting is not required. On the completion of such operations, the spreader shall be immediately replaced.    WORKSHOP:  The Rockwell table saw used for ripping was not equipped with a spreader to prevent the material from being thrown back on the operator.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be provided with nonkickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator. They shall be designed to provide adequate holding power for all the thicknesses of materials being cut.  WORKSHOP:  The Rockwell table saw used for ripping was not equipped with nonkickback fingers or dogs.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Safety guards for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the opening shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:    WORKSHOP:  The Dayton Industrial double head bench grinder was not equipped with tongue guards.    ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(8)(iii): Mounting and cooling of equipment. Electric equipment provided with ventilating openings shall be installed so that walls or other obstructions do not prevent the free circulation of air through the equipment:    WORKSHOP:  Skids of papers were stored in front of an electrical transformer, preventing the free circulation of air through the transformer.     ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(iv): Overcurrent devices shall be readily accessible to each employee or authorized building management personnel. These overcurrent devices may not be located where they will be exposed to physical damage or in the vicinity of easily ignitable material.    WORKSHOP: The electrical panel having built-in overcurrent protection devices was blocked with skids of paper and a fifty five (55) gallon drum of glue.              ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Electrical Installation. Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous classified location shall be intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous classified , or safe for the hazardous classified location:    WORKSHOP:  The electrical equipment, such as (but not limited to) outlets, junction boxes installed and used throughout the woodworking area from which combustible wood dust was generated and accumulated, and the switch installed on woodworking machinery were neither approved nor intrinsically safe for the Class II Division 2 hazardous location.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program including the Globalized Harmonized System where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) cleaners, oils, and greases.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  WORKSHOP:  The employees required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) cleaners, oils and greases were not provided with training and information in the chemical hazard communication program, Globalized Harmonized System.