OSHA Inspection: CARPENTER CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Issued

Jul 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to unguarded conveyor belt nip points:     a) For the facility at 3900 Avenue G, N.W., Winter Haven, FL 33880, as observed on or about 05/23/2016, an employee was clearing pieces of wood from the belt conveyor at the auto web conveyor (AW4), while the conveyor was on. The conveyor started and pulled his arm into its nip point. The employee sustained fracture bones in his forearm.

Issued

Jul 20, 2016

Abate by

Aug 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    For the facility at 3900 Avenue G NW Winter Haven, FL 33880, as observed on or about 05/23/2016, when authorized employees performed maintenance, lockout tag out procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for equipment such as but not limited to:      a) For the auto web (AW4) conveyor.

Issued

Jul 20, 2016

Abate by

Aug 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    a) For the establishment at 3900 Avenue G NW, Winter Haven, FL 33880, as observed on or about 05/23/2016, employees performed maintenance on equipment containing 220VAC/480VAC electricity and mechanical moving parts. Energy control procedures were not inspected at least annually.

Issued

Jul 20, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:    For the facility at 3900 Avenue G NW, Winter Haven, FL 33880, as observed on or about 05/23/2016:    a) Rotating, projecting shafts with lengths up to 4 inches and diameters of 1 inch were unguarded at the feed belt conveyor.    b) Rotating, projecting shafts with lengths up to 1 and 7/8 inches and diameters of 1 and 1/2 inches were unguarded at the conveyor that ran underneath the saw where an employee broke his arm on 05/18/2016.

Issued

Jul 20, 2016

Abate by

Aug 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $4,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:    a) For the facility at 3900 Avenue G NW, Winter Haven, FL 33880, as observed on or about 05/23/2016, compressed air nozzles available to employees for cleaning purposes produced dead front pressures measured to be 60 p.s.i.