OSHA Inspection: LAROSE INDUSTRIES, LLC

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Abate by

May 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,986 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    Larose Industries, LLC dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about November 30, 2016, the employer did not develop, document, and utilize energy control procedures for authorized employees who clean and service the #P4 Resina screw capper machine (model U301008; s/n 74 5016).  Employees were exposed to injury in that energy control was not utilized for servicing and maintenance tasks.

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Abate by

May 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) did not cover the actions listed in and was not done in sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6):    a. Larose Industries, LLC  dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about November 30, 2016, employees were exposed to rotating part hazards while servicing the #P4 Resina screw capper machine (model U301008; s/n 74 5016).  An employee sustained amputation injuries when unjamming bottles at the exit side of the conveyor during a time the machine was not shut down and locked out.  The employer failed to ensure that energy control application steps to control the machine's electrical energy source were implemented prior to unjamming the machine; the employer did not:  - Ensure employees had the method or means to control hazardous energy.  - Ensure that equipment was turned off or shut down.  - Physically operate energy isolating devices to control energy sources and affix lockout device(s).  - Verify that isolation and deenergizeation of the machine or equipment had been accomplished.    b. Larose Industries, LLC  dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about February 7, 2017, employees were exposed to rotating part hazards in that the #P4 Resina screw capper machine (model U301008; s/n 74 5016) was not locked out prior to cleaning the machine.  The employer did not ensure that the energy control application steps to control the machine's electrical energy source were implemented prior to the servicing task; the employer did not:  - Ensure employees had the method or means to control hazardous energy.  - Ensure that equipment was turned off or shut down.  - Physically operate energy isolating devices to control energy sources and affix lockout device(s).  - Verify that isolation and deenergizeation of the machine or equipment had been accomplished.

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Abate by

May 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,986 · Current $4,950 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees:    Larose Industries, LLC dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about November 30, 2016, the employer did not ensure that employees who service and maintain the #P4 Resina screw capper machine (model U301008; s/n 74 5016) were adequately trained in the skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of energy controls.  Employees that perform tasks such as cleaning and unjamming of the equipment were not trained to the machine's hazardous energy.

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Abate by

May 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,986 · Current $4,950 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:    Larose Industries, LLC dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about November 30, 2016, the employer did not ensure that rotating parts of the #P4 Resina Screw Capper machine (model U301008; s/n 74 5016), which screws caps onto plastic bottles, were adequately guarded to protect employees from being injured by the moving parts.

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Abate by

May 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    Larose Industries dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about November 30, 2016, the employer did not ensure that the chains and sprockets, used to move the #P4 Resina (model U301008; s/n 74 5016) screw capper conveyor, were adequately guarded to protect employees from being injured by the moving parts.

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Abate by

May 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,422 · Current $3,422

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    Larose Industries, LLC dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about February 14, 2017, employees that operated the Texwrap sealer machine were exposed to laceration and burn injury in that the film jaws of the machine were not guarded.

Issued

Apr 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,704 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours.     Larose Industries, LLC dba Cra-Z-Art - Fayette, Ohio: On or about February 14, 2017, the employer failed to report an amputation injury to an employee.  On November 30, 2016, an employee sustained finger amputation injuries to four fingers; the employer did not report the amputation.