DECATUR, AL —
OSHA Inspection: THE TENNESSEE VALLEY PRESS, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of THE TENNESSEE VALLEY PRESS, INC. in 17 MOULTON STREET EAST, DECATUR, AL 35601 (NAICS 323119). OSHA activity number 341620821.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- THE TENNESSEE VALLEY PRESS, INC.
- Site address
- 17 MOULTON STREET EAST
- City
- DECATUR
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35601
- Mailing
- 17 MOULTON STREET EAST, DECATUR, AL 35601
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 323119
- Employees
- 23
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,634 · Current $2,726 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) On or about 07/11/2016 - Plant, a lockout / tagout program had not been established for employees performing servicing and maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to, Muller Martini, 4 and 8 page bindery machines, and a Royal Zenith Zephyr printing machine.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2725.5
- — Z (S) $3634
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,634 · Current $2,726 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 07/11/2016 - Bindery department, machinery such as, but not limited to the Muller Martini, Type-1522, Serial #94707, trimmer was being operated with unguarded moving parts. b) On or about 07/11/2016 - Bindery department, an arrow pneumatic compressed air dryer model #5028, Serial #2452843-020 was being operated with unguarded rotating parts.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2725.5
- — Z (S) $3634
1904.29 A
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $340 · Current $255 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.29(a): The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent: a) On or about 07/11/2016 - Press area, an amputation to the right thumb that occurred on 03/01/2016 was not recorded on the OSHA 300 log. b) On or about 07/11/2016 - Bindery department, an amputation to the left thumb that occurred on 06/14/2016 was not recorded on the OSHA 300 log.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $255
- — Z (O) $340
1904.39 A
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $1,700 · Current $1,275 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a): The employer did not verbally or electronically report within twenty-four (24) hours an in-patient hospitalization, eye injury, or an amputation from a work-related incident: a) On or about 07/11/2016 - Press area, an amputation injury that occurred on 03/01/2016 was not reported to OSHA. b) On or about 07/11/2016 - Bindery department, an amputation injury that occurred on 06/14/2016 was not reported to OSHA.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1275
- — Z (O) $1700
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341620821.
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