OSHA Inspection: UNITED PRINTING, INC.

Issued

Apr 8, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    (a) On or about March 17, 2016 and dates prior to for employees who enter a confined space underneath the Komori Printing Press to remove paper that has fallen beneath the machine at the facility located at 300 South First Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about March 16, 2016 and dates prior to for employees exposed to caught-in and/or electrical hazards while conducting work activities including but not limited to changing knives on the Polar Cutting Machines and confined space entry beneath the Komori printing press, in the facility located at 300 South First Street in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    (a) On or about March 17, 2016 for employees exposed to struck-by hazards using forklifts to move paper piles at the facility located at 300 South First Street in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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) On or about March 17, 2016 for employees exposed to caught-in hazards where the Heidelberg Letter Press Serial #65-1515-1077 is not equipped with a machine guard to prevent employee contact with moving  parts at the facility located at 300 South First Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Issued

Apr 8, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3): Provisions were not made to prevent woodworking machine(s) from automatically restarting upon restoration of power after power failure:    (a) On or about March 17, 2016 and days prior to, for employees exposed to amputation hazards while using the Super Speed 7 Saw trimmer to make die shims in the facility located at 300 South First Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota.