OSHA Inspection: SUBURBAN PLASTICS CO.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7967.00 · Current $5550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, a dry condition. Where wet processes are used, drainage shall be maintained, and false floors, platforms, mats, or other dry standing places should be provided where practicable.    (a) Thermoplastics and Polyester departments, plastic injection and compression molding machines: on or about November 8, 2016, machine operators and other employees in the area were exposed to slip and fall hazards due to oil leaks from equipment onto the floor.    (b) Polyester department, "Automatics 1-5" area, ceiling: on or about November 17, 2016, machine operators and other employees in the area were exposed to slip and fall hazards due to a water leak dripping from the ceiling onto the floor.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9959.00 · Current $6940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control:    Throughout the plant, industrial machines: on or about November 8, 2016, authorized employees did not receive adequate hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout) training to ensure that they could safely perform servicing tasks. "Maintenance" and "Setup" employees regularly entered machines between operating cycles to perform equipment cleaning, inspections, and adjustments in the point-of-operation. Employees were exposed to unexpected machine start-up likely to result in serious injuries due to caught in-between hazards.     Alternative measures, such as, but not limited to relying on a stopped cycle and/or program to prevent unexpected start-up on energized machines did not ensure equivalent safety. Other safeguards were not provided to prevent operators' access and/or disable hazardous operations start-up prior to exposure.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d)

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9959.00 · Current $6940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4): Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe operation of powered industrial truck were performed by the employer without the manufacturer's prior written approval:    Thermoplastics, Hyster S50XM powered industrial truck: on or about November 8, 2016, modifications that affected the truck's capacity and safe operation were made to fork attachments without the manufacturer's prior written approval. Holes were drilled in the forks for hoisting, lifting, and transporting suspended loads (molds). Employees operating equipment, performing setup, and working around the moving truck with suspended loads were exposed to struck-by and/or crushed-by hazards likely to result in serious injury.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight capacity of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:  Thermoplastics, Hyster S50XM counterbalance powered industrial truck: on or about November 8, 2016, the truck's capacity and safe operation were affected by drilling holes in fork attachments for lifting and transporting suspended loads (molds) that were subject to swinging. The truck was not marked to identify the approximate change in weight capacity for this attachment. Employees operating equipment, and working around the moving truck with suspended loads were exposed to struck-by and/or crushed-by hazards likely to result in serious injury.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9959.00 · Current $6940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).    On or about November 8, 2016, an employee was permitted to operate a forklift for regular mechanical material handling tasks without receiving operator's initial formal instruction and practical training (truck-related and workplace related topics) to ensure competency in safe operation. Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards likely to result in serious injury.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.  On or about November 8, 2016, the employer failed to perform evaluations of forklift operator performance at least once every three years. Employees were exposed to struck-by and crushed-under hazards from working near forklifts operated by persons without established proficiencies.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $8893.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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) Thermoplastics department, LG GoldStar no. 125, model no. IDE500EN: on or about November 8, 2016, employees retrieving ejected parts were exposed to machine caught-in hazards likely to result in serious injury where the clear plexiglass window (safeguard) in the sliding access door had an opening allowing entry.      There is no abatement certification or documentation required for this item.      (b) Compression plastic molding machines: on or about November 8, 2016, operators removing parts were exposed to crushing hazard likely to result in serious injuries where vertically moving elements at the waist level for ejection pins were not safeguarded to prevent access during operating cycle.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).      (c) Automatics 1-5: on or about November 8, 2016, operators were exposed to caught-in and crushed-under machine hazards likely to result in serious injuries where moving components were not safeguarded to prevent access during operating cycle.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9959.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.    Thermoplastics department, LG GoldStar no. 125, model no. IDE500EN: on or about November 8, 2016, employees retrieving ejected parts were exposed to machine caught-in hazards likely to result in serious injury where the sliding access door's safety interlock was not functioning as designed and constructed. The interlock's insert (tip) was by-passed with a hand glove wrapped around it and/or inserted into the interlock's intended receiving slot.    There is no abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5975.00 · Current $4165.00 Reduced

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:    North, polyester department, trimming and grinding work station: on or about November 8, 2016, employees were exposed to a fire hazards where a relocatable power tap was connected in series to another extension cord and used for powering several appliances that had their plugs taped or rubber banded to the receptacles. This device was not listed and labeled for such use at an industrial manufacturing site.      Abatement certification is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7967.00 · Current $5550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iii): Flexible cords used as permitted in paragraphs (g)(1)(ii)(C), (g)(1)(ii)(G), or (g)(1)(ii)(I) of 29 CFR 1910.305 were not equipped with an attachment plug and energized from an approved receptacle outlet:    Polyester department, cafeteria, microwaves: on or about November 17, 2017, provided microwaves for employee use were not connected to approved receptacle outlets. An unapproved metal outlet box was on the floor powered through the unapproved use of an extension cord. The electrical box had damaged extension cord plugged into it that ran through a hole in a table to connect to microwave's plug. Employees were exposed to electric shock and/or burns.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $49797.00 · Current $25000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.     Thermoplastics department, injection molding machines (e.g. LG GoldStar no. 125): on or about November 8, 2016, machine-specific hazardous energy control (lockout tagout) procedures were not developed, documented, and utilized in the workplace for servicing and maintenance tasks. Employees were exposed to caught-in hazards likely to result in serious injury when performing repairs and/or setup tasks in the point-of-operation the while machine remained energized with a bypassed safety interlock.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).    The Suburban Plastics Co. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1075620, citation number 01, item number 001 and was affirmed as a final order on October 5, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 1000 Enterprise Drive, Grenada, MS 38901.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $49797.00 · Current $25000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct an annual or more frequent inspection of the energy control procedure to ensure that the procedure and requirements of this standard were followed:     Throughout the plant, industrial machines: on or about November 8, 2016, the employer did not inspect hazardous energy control (lockout) procedures periodically (at least once per year) to ensure they were adequate and being followed. Employees assigned to perform repairs and setup tasks (servicing) in the point-of-operation and associated danger zones of machines, including injection molders, were exposed to caught-in hazards likely to result in serious injury.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).    The Suburban Plastics Co. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 975636, citation number 01, item number 003 and was affirmed as a final order on August 20, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 1000 Enterprise Drive, Grenada, MS 38901.

Issued

2017-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks shall be examined before being placed in service, and shall not be placed in service if the examination shows any condition adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle. Such examination shall be made at least daily. Where industrial trucks are used on a round-the-clock basis, they shall be examined after each shift. Defects when found shall be immediately reported and corrected:  Throughout the plant, powered industrial trucks: on or about November 8, 2016, material handling equipment was not examined daily for defect conditions affecting safe operation.  Trucks were put in service with holes drilled in forks and incomplete data on attachment capacity.  Abatement certification is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(c).