OSHA Inspection: JOHN FAYARD MOVING AND WAREHOUSE

Issued

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7985.00 · Current $4152.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)(B): An employee was required to place a part of his or her body into an area on a machine or piece of equipment where work was actually performed upon the material being processed (point of operation) or where an associated danger zone existed during a machine operating cycle.    (a) Pallet Prep Department - On or about January 5, 2017 employee was reaching inside rear of machine guard to remove cut off material from pallet while the machine saw blade was still in operation.

Issued

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7985.00 · Current $4152.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(n)(8): Under all travel conditions the truck was not operated at a speed that would permit it to be brought to a stop in a safe manner.    (a) Throughout the warehouse - On or about January 5, 2017 employees were operating forklift trucks moving pallets to and from work stations at a high rate of speed while employees were working in the same area exposed to being struck by the fork lift trucks.

Issued

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7985.00 · Current $4152.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2): Guard(s) on machine(s) were not affixed to the machine or secured elsewhere when attachment to the machine was not possible:    (a) Pallet prep department - On or about January 5, 2017 Employee operating Pallet Prep machine with front guard hanging from bolts that are coming out of the proximity guard allowing employee to be exposed to the point of operation of the metal cutting blade.

Issued

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4563.00 · Current $2372.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(s)(5): Sharpening or tensioning of saw blades or cutters shall be done only by persons of demonstrated skill in this kind of work.    (a) North East corner of warehouse by paint booth - On or about January 5, 2017 an employee was operating the Block Pallet Prep machine with the tension on the blade set at 2300psi. That is 300psi over the required max of 2000psi. per operators manual (pg.8).