OSHA Inspection: HOMETOWN FOODS USA INC AND S-INNOVATIONS CORP

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11408.00 · Current $5704.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were working/walking in and around the areas within a commercial bakery plant, which contained steel storage racks/pallet racks, which were loaded with various palletized bakery products, wherein the racks were found to have structural defects, therefore exposing the employees to collapsing storage racks and falling palletized load hazards.        NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9778.00 · Current $4890.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were operating/cleaning commercial bakery machines, a bench grinder, a drill press, a milling machine, a lathe, a horizontal band saw, pneumatic air hoses, pallet jacks, and were opening the viewing port holes along the sides of commercial natural gas ovens to observe the condition of the bakery products, and were placing/removing bakery products into/from the ovens, and were performing maintenance and cleaning on the various commercial bakery machines/ovens, and were installing/repairing electrical wiring throughout the facility/and on the bakery machines; during which protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered, therefore exposing the employees to: aural hazards, chemical hazards, flying chips and sparks hazards, pneumatic hazards, mechanical hazards, thermal hazards and electrical hazards.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11408.00 · Current $6845.00 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:    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed worksite, employees were performing set-up, cleaning and maintenance on commercial bakery machines, such as but not limited to; a bagel machine, a loaf cake machine, a round cake machine, two horizontal bagel dough mixers, five vertical cake dough mixers and a dough sifter, for which the employer had not developed and implemented a Hazardous Energy Control program/Lock-out Tag-out program; therefore exposing the operators, the mechanic and cleaning/sanitation employees to amputation hazards.       NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11408.00 · Current $6845.00 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:    a. On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a lathe and a milling machine, and a drill press and a horizontal band saw, to cut/shape material such as but not limited to: aluminum, steel, and other metal material, without the point of operation guard(s), therefore exposing the operator to flying chips and sparks hazards.      b. On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a bagel machine, a loaf cake machine and a round cake machine, and a bagel former machine; all of which contained ingoing pinch points, nip points, cut points, amputation points and burn points, which were not protected by one or more methods of primary machine guarding, so as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle, therefore exposing the operators to pinch, nip, cut, thermal and amputate hazards.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11408.00 · Current $6845.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.263(c)(3): Sprocket(s) and V-belt drive(s) of bakery machinery located within reach from platform(s) or passageway(s) or located within 8 feet 6 inches from the floor were not completely enclosed:    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a bagel machine, a loaf cake machine and a round cake machine, a bagel former machine; all of which contained exposed sprockets and V-belt drive, within 8 feet 6 inches from the floor, which were not completely enclosed, therefore exposing the operators to nip, cut, and amputate hazards.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11408.00 · Current $5704.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.263(e)(1)(v)(a): Mixers with power and manual dumping arrangements were not equipped with safety devices which shall: Engage both hands of the operator, when the agitator is in motion under power, and while the bowl is opened more than one-fifth of its total opening.    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a horizontal bagel dough mixer, for which the two-hand operations switch(s) (point of operation guard) was bypassed, and wherein the operator, who was  assisted by another employee, were removing the dough from the machine when the agitator was is in motion under power and/or while utilizing a single switch/one hand, to rotate the agitator, and while the bowl was opened more than one-fifth of its total opening, therefore exposing the operators to cut, and amputate hazards.      NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8149.00 · Current $4075.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.263(i)(6)(ii): The employer did not provide bakery racks equipped with handles such that no part of the operator's hands did not extend beyond the outer edge of the frame when holding onto the handles.    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were pushing/maneuvering bakery racks, wherein the racks did not have handles, and where the employees were maneuvering the racks with their hands/fingers extending beyond the outer edge of the rack frame, therefore exposing the operators to amputation hazards.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11408.00 · Current $5704.00 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 twice a month by a properly instructed bakery employee:    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating commercial bakery natural gas  ovens, which where a component of  a bagel machine, and a loaf cake machine, and a round cake machine, for which the employer did not ensure that all safety devices on the ovens were inspected at intervals of not less than twice a month by an especially appointed, properly instructed bakery employee, and not less than once a year by representatives of the oven manufacturer(s), therefore exposing the employees to fire/explosive hazards.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $914.00 · Current $914.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:  On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a Powered Industrial Truck(s), which had not been inspected in accordance with the manufacturers pre-operational checklist/operators manual prior to being placed in service each shift), and for which the seat belts and reverse alarms were known to have been defective, therefore exposing the vehicle operator and the warehouse/plant employees to vehicle in-motion/struck-by hazards, and to steel storage rack struck-by/caught-under hazards.  NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $914.00 · Current $914.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(i): Flexible cords and cables were not approved for conditions of use and location:    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a bagel machine, a loaf cake machine, and a round cake machine, wherein flexible cords and/or cables were used for the connection of stationary equipment and appliances, for which the equipment and appliances did not require frequent interchange, nor was the removal of the electrical fastening means and mechanical connections (quick disconnect) for the equipment and appliances necessary to permit removal for maintenance and repair, therefore exposing the employees to electric shock/electrocution hazards.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $914.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv): Flexible cords and/ or cables were used for purposes prohibited by paragraphs (A) through (F) of 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a):    On or about February 24, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were operating a bagel machine, a loaf cake machine, and a round cake machine,  wherein, flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of the structure, therefore exposing the employees to electric shock/electrocution hazards.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.