OSHA Inspection: WISCONSIN CORRUGATED PALLETS, INC.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:    (a) Production area; The general energy isolation procedure did not identify where or how to isolate electrical energy on the blue slitter, which did not have a readily identifiable isolation point near the machine.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2536.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Each affected employee was not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:    (a) Throughout the production area; Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of energy control procedures.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iii)(B): Additional retraining was not conducted whenever a periodic inspection under paragraph (c)(6) of 29 CFR 1910.147 reveals, or whenever the employer has reason to believe that there are deviations from or inadequacies in the employee's knowledge or use of the energy control procedures:  (a) Production area; Additional retraining for lockout was not conducted as required when it was identified that energy control procedures were not being used during all setup operations on a slitter.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iv): The employer did not certify that employee training had been accomplished and kept up to date:  (a) Throughout the production area; Certification of lockout training was not maintained and/or available.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2536.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment was not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source:    (a) Production area; Energy isolation devices were not used to isolate energy sources during setup operations on equipment including, but not limited to; the blue slitter.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:    (a) Production area; Lockout devices were not affixed to energy isolation points during setup operations on equipment including, but not limited to; the blue slitter.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4345.00 · Current $2173.00 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) Production area; Guarding was not provided for rotating parts on equipment including, but not limited to; a drill press and vertical milling machine.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation guards were not designed and constructed to prevent the operator from having any part of his/ her body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:    (a) Production area; On or about March 20, 2017, point of operation guarding on a beam saw was not designed and installed to prevent operators from being exposed to the saw blade.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2536.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    (a) Production area; Energized parts of the bus bar inside service panel P4 were exposed through an unused circuit breaker opening.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose:  (a) Production area; A cover plate was not installed on a junction box that contained energized conductors.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $724.00 · Current $362.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not keep records -OSHA 300 form, Log of Work Related Injuries and Illnesses; 300-A form, Summary or Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses; and 301 form, Injury and Illness Incident Report:    (a) Throughout the facility; On or about March 30, 2017, OSHA form 300 and form 300-A records of employee injuries and illnesses were not maintained.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)(B): Lockout and tagout devices were not standardized within the facility in at least one of the following criteria; color, shape, or size:  (a) Production area; Lockout locks were not standardized.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Production area; Each circuit breaker in panel P4 was not labeled to identify its purpose.