OSHA Inspection: SEVERANCE FOODS, INC.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $2,619 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:  WAREHOUSE  On, or about, August 4, 2016, the employer failed to ensure that exits routes were not obstructed. The emergency exit for the warehouse was impeded by pallets of stacked material. The aisle width was approximately 22 inches.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,492 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  FACILITY  On, or about, August 4, 2016, the employer did not have a written certification which verified that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed when employees were exposed to corrosive battery acid during forklift truck maintenance and required the use of chemical goggles and chemical gloves.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2310

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  FACILITY  On, or about, August 4, 2016, the employer did not ensure that each employee use appropriate eye or face protection such as, but not limited to, safety goggles and, or a face mask when topping off corrosive forklift truck battery fluid which contained sulfuric acid.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2310

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base selection of appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the tasks to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, and the hazards and potential hazards identified:  FACILITY  On, or about, August 4, 2016, the employer did not ensure that each employee used appropriate hand protection such as, but not limited to, chemical gloves, when topping off corrosive forklift truck battery fluid, which contained sulfuric acid.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $4,365 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:   OVEN AREA  On, or about August, 4, 2016, the employer failed to establish an energy control program that included employee training, detailed lock out and, or tag out instructions and periodic inspections for employees that serviced multi-energy source equipment in the facility, including, but not limited to the Casa Herrera Toaster Oven, Model (Odyssey -34-164).

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $4,365 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.263(l)(9)(ii): All safety devices on the oven's were not inspected at intervals of not less than once a year by a representative of the oven manufacturer:  OVEN AREA  On, or about, August, 4, 2016, the employer failed to have the safety devices on the Casa Herrera Toaster Oven, Model (Odyssey-34-164), inspected by a representative of the oven manufacturer within the previous year.