OSHA Inspection: ANDY'S MEATS INC.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $3,333 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.147(c)(4)(ii)[B]: The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:      On or about April 4, 2017 the energy control procedures for ensuring hazardous energy sources were de-energized and secure from start-up during service and/or maintenance tasks were not specific to identify the procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment such as but not limited to the de-hairing machine.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.147(c)(7)(iv): The employer shall certify that employee training has been accomplished and is being kept up to date. The certification shall contain each employee's name and dates of training:    On or about April 6, 2017 the employer did not provide written certification that employees had been received training on the purpose and function of the energy control procedures to be utilized in the facility.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $3,333 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)(D): Lockout devices and tagout devices did not indicate the identity of the employee applying the device(s):     On or about April 4, 2017 locks used for cleaning and/or sanitation purposes to ensure equipment could not be restarted did not indicate the identity of the individual applying the device.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he or she begins work, and shall remove those devices when he or she stops working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained:  On or about May 18, 2017 each employees engaged in cleaning the dehairing machine did not affix a personal lockout device to each of the energy disconnects.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.147(f)(4): Shift or personnel changes. Specific procedures shall be utilized during shift or personnel changes to ensure the continuity of lockout or tagout protection, including provision for the orderly transfer of lockout or tagout device protection between off-going and oncoming employees, to minimize exposure to hazards from the unexpected energization or start-up of the machine or equipment, or the release of stored energy:    On or about April 6, 2017 the employer had not established and/or implemented specific procedures for employees to utilize during the change from operations employees to sanitation employees to ensure lockout procedures were continual between the two shifts and employees performing the cleaning tasks were not exposed to a hazard energy release.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $3,333 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:     On or about April 06, 2017 employees utilized corrosive foaming chemicals for sanitation purposes were not provided with an eye wash station for immediate emergency use.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    On or about April 6, 2017 the employer did not certify in writing a personal protective equipment hazard assessment had been performed for sanitation workers.

Issued

Jul 25, 2017

Abate by

Aug 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):    On or about April 4, 2017 Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for chemicals used in the operation and/or for sanitation purposes were not readily accessible to employees utilizing those chemicals.