OSHA Inspection: DALLAS U.S.A FOODS, INC.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 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) This violation occurred at the back of the building on the north wall, east corner, where an emergency exit door was dead bolted and locked.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points:    (a) This violation occurred in the processing area on the east wall, where an emergency exit access was blocked by a pallet.       (b) This violation occurred at the outbound dock area, where an emergency exit access was blocked by pallets.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Sep 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 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 shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    (a) This violation occurred on the mezzanine level, at the Russell ice making machine, where the employer did not implement energy control procedures for employees unclogging the machine exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,160 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Storage of material created a hazard:    (a) This violation occurred in the cooler where drive-in racking systems were used to hold palletized product and due to design the racks only held onto the outer edge of the pallets exposing employees to struck-by hazard in the event a pallet broke.       (b) This violation occurred in the freezer where drive-in racking systems were used to hold palletized product and due to design the racks only held onto the outer edge of the pallets exposing employees to struck-by hazard in the event a pallet broke.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 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) This violation occurred on the mezzanine level where the cover to the ice machine was open exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $4,500

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:    (a) This violation occurred in the processing area where a job made extension cord consisting of a plastic permanent mount junction box, a dual receptacle, wiring, and an end-plug was being used to power a scale and a radio exposing employees to an electrical hazard.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed:    (a) This violation occurred at the north wall in the processing area next to the entrance to the training room where an electrical pull box was found with a knock out missing exposing employees to an electrical shock hazard.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose:    (a) This violation occurred on the north wall directly behind the Hotsy hot water pressure machine located up on the mezzanine where a pull box was found without a cover exposing employees to an electrical hazard.

Issued

Jul 29, 2016

Abate by

Aug 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(b)(3)(i): All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in wet locations were not equipped with ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel:    (a) This violation occurred in the processing area where 18 dual-wall receptacles were found not equipped with ground fault circuit interrupter protection exposing employees in a wet area to an electrical hazard.