OSHA Inspection: MCCLESKEY MILLS, INC.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,379 · Current $4,034 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms and walking-working surfaces were not kept clean, orderly and in sanitary condition.    a). Maintenance Shop Parts Room - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the Parts Room was not maintained in an orderly condition in that there were boxes of parts and products stacked in the aisle(s) of the room, thus exposing employees to trip and fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,379 · Current $4,034 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Stairs or a ramp were not provided where the exit route was not substantially level.    a). Shelling Plant - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, there was a change in elevation of approximately 16 inches from the interior building floor to the outdoor ground level when exiting from the Electric Eye exit door, thus exposing employees to a trip and fall hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Oct 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,548 · Current $9,411 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including, but not limited to items (d)(3)(i) through (d)(3)(vi) of this paragraph.    a). Shelling Plant, Warehouse 1, 2, 3, and 5 - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the employer did not develop and implement procedures for safe entry into permit spaces such as peanut dump pits that included elements such as, but not limited to: specified acceptable entry conditions, testing/monitoring of the space for atmospheric hazard(s), control protocols for atmospheric hazard(s), ensuring acceptable conditions existed throughout the duration of the entry, and rescue procedures for rescuing entrants in the space, thus exposing employees to an atmospheric hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Oct 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146.    a). Shelling Plant, Warehouse 1, 2, 3, and 5 - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the employer did not provide training to employees on the skills necessary to perform safe entries into permit spaces such as peanut dump pits, thus exposing employees to an atmospheric hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,172 · Current $5,379 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). Maintenance Shop - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the chuck on a Summit lathe machine was not guarded, thus exposing employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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).  a). Maintenance Shop - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, thus exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.  b). Maintenance Shop - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the Cincinnati press brake (No. 28526) used to shape pieces of sheet metal was not guarded at the point of operation, thus exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $14,341 · Current $10,756 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following: guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a). Shelling Plant - On or about and times prior to March 8, 2017, the ladder entryways on three elevated platforms which provided access to the elevator heads were not equipped with a fall protection system, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.    McCleskey Mills, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.23(a)(2) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 960589, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on August 20, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 961 Ashley Street, Rochelle, GA 31079.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $14,341 · Current $10,756 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i).    a). Maintenance Shop - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the internal electrical components inside the electrical control box on the indoor roll bending machine (i.e. roller machine) were not guarded, thus exposing employees to electrical and fire hazards.    McCleskey Mills, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 960589, citation number 1, item number 14 and was affirmed as a final order on August 20, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 961 Ashley Street, Rochelle, GA 31079.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed.  a). Maintenance Shop Parts Room - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, there was one unused opening inside the electrical breaker box that was not effectively closed, thus exposing employees to electrical and fire hazards.  b). Maintenance Shop Parts Room - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017,  there were two unused openings (i.e. knockouts) on the air compressor electrical boxes that were not effectively closed, thus exposing employees to a fire hazard.  c). Shelling Plant - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, there was one unused opening on the Sheller control station, thus exposing employees to a fire hazard.  McCleskey Mills, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 960589, citation number 1, item number 14 and was affirmed as a final order on August 20, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 961 Ashley Street, Rochelle, GA 31079.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit".  a). Maintenance Shop - On or about and times prior to March 8, 2017, the pedestrian exit was not marked with an exit sign, thus exposing employees to an egress hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(c)(2)(i): Each water closet did not occupy a separate compartment with a door and walls or partitions between fixtures sufficiently high to assure privacy.  a). Shelling Plant Male's Restroom - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, there was a water closet (i.e. toilet) that was not equipped with a door, thus preventing assurance of privacy.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident.  a). Maintenance Shop Parts Room - On or about and times prior to March 7, 2017, the electrical disconnect switch for the air compressor was not marked with its intended purpose, thus exposing employees to a programmatic hazard.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposes an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service.  a). Maintenance Shop - On or about March 8, 2017, the outer sheathing was damaged on the flexible electrical power cable for the Delta Rockwell Manufacturing Company drill press (Series No. 15-017), thus exposing employees to an electrical hazard.