OSHA Inspection: UNIVERSAL PROCESSING, LLC

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $3,993 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":    a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Maintenance Shop - East Side    The employer did not ensure that exit doors were clearly marked with a sign that read "EXIT".  Employees engaged in the maintenance of vehicles and equipment in the maintenance shop are not provided clearly marked exits to identify the exits in the event of an emergency evacuation.     Violation observed on or about December 21, 2016    b. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Recycling Area - West side    The employer did not ensure that exit doors were clearly marked with a sign that read "EXIT".  Employees engaged in the recycling of materials in the recycling area, are not provided clearly marked exits to identify the exits in the event of an emergency evacuation.    Violation observed on or about December 21, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $8,873

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29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:      a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area      Employees engaged in the recycling of paper and plastic materials using a Logemann Brothers compactor and baler regularly entered the machine to perform maintenance and repair activities including, but not limited to removing jams.      Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675

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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. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area    Employees engaged in the recycling of paper and plastic materials using a Logemann Brothers compactor and baler regularly perform maintenance on the equipment.                               Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016        b. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Vehicle Maintenance Area    Employees in the truck maintenance area perform maintenance activities on the McNeilus waste disposal vehicles on a regular basis.                         Violation occurred on or about December 21, 2016    An energy control program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and the periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment the equipment is isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative was not established at the worksite.

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities such as servicing and/ or maintenance of equipment.    a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area    The employer did not develop and document energy control procedures for equipment to include the Logemann Brothers compactor/baler on which employees perform servicing and maintenance activities.    Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016    b. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Vehicle Maintenance Shop    The employer did not develop and document energy control procedures for equipment on which employees  perform maintenance, to include McNeilus waste removal vehicles.     Violation occurred on or about December 21, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:    a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area    The employer did not provide locks, tags, or other devices for securing or blocking of equipment for equipment to include the Logemann Brothers compactor/baler on which employees perform servicing and maintenance activities.    Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016         b. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Vehicle Maintenance Shop    The employer did not provide locks, tags, or other devices for securing or blocking of equipment to include McNeilus waste removal vehicles on which employees preformed maintenance.     Violation occurred on or about December 21, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,789 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.    a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area    For employees engaged in waste recycling activities, the employer did not ensure that practical training and evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance were completed.    Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,605 · Current $3,422 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(iii)(B): The employer did not ensure that assigned fire watchers had fire extinguisher equipment readily available and were trained in its use:     a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Maintenance Shop    The employer did not provide training for the use of fire extinguishers.  Employees engaged in the welding of garbage containers and other equipment used oxygen/acetylene cutting torches and other welding equipment.  The employees acted as the fire watch and were not provided training in the use of fire extinguishers.     Violation observed on or about December 21, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $3,993 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i): Oxygen cylinders were stored near highly combustible material, especially oil and grease; or near reserve stocks of carbide and acetylene or other fuel-gas cylinders, or near other substance likely to cause or accelerate fire:    a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - outside of maintenance shop    Oxygen cylinders were stored in the same location as acetylene fuel cylinders.  The employer authorized employees engaged in vehicle maintenance activities and welding activities to store oxygen and acetylene cylinders directly next to one another.      Violation observed on or about December 21, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,605 · Current $3,422 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.253(e)(6)(ii): When regulators or parts of regulators, including gages, needed repair, the work was not performed by skilled mechanics who had been properly instructed:     a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Maintenance Shop    The employer did not ensure that oxygen/acetylene regulator gauges in need of repair were repaired or replaced.  Employees engaged in welding activities for the repair of refuse containers used oxygen/acetylene torches that have broken regulator gauges.    Violation observed on or about December 21, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,605 · Current $3,422 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h):       a. 21 Edgeboro Rd, East Brunswick, NJ.         The employer did not develop, maintain, and implement a written hazard communication program at the facility. Employees and work with chemicals including, but no limited to oxygen, acetylene, propane, brake cleaner, and solvents on a daily basis.          Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area       Employees were not provided effective training on hazardous chemicals used daily in their work area.  Employees engaged in the repair of motor vehicles used hazardous chemicals, which included, but were not limited to, acetylene, compressed oxygen, hydraulic fluids, and window washing fluids on a daily basis and were not provided training on their hazards.        Violation occurred on or about December 8, 2016

Issued

Jun 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $320 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:     a. 21 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ - Cardboard Recycling Area    The employer did not ensure that portable fire extinguishers were mounted and identified with signs indicating the location of the extinguishers to the employees.    Violation observed on or about December 8, 2016