OSHA Inspection: LAWRENCE WOOD PRODUCTS, L.L.C.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:    (a) On or about 05/03/2017 - Production area, employees using a pneumatic staple gun machine to assemble wooden pallets were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Abate by

Sep 13, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $1,955 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:    (a) On or about 03/01/2017 - Production area, Austin vertical chop saw, a program had not been established for employees removing pieces of wood from underneath the machine blade guard without locking the equipment out.    (b) On or about 05/03/2017 - Production area, Austin vertical chop saw, a program had not been established for employees performing servicing and maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to, a radial arm saw, a vertical chop saw, an air compressor, and a table band saw machine, among others.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Abate by

Aug 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    (a) On or about 05/03/2017 - Receiving area, employees operating a Hyster forklift, model H400XL5, had not been trained.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 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:    (a) On or about 03/01/2017 - An amputation injury that occurred on 03/01/2017 was not reported to OSHA.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Abate by

Aug 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii): Each employee is protected from tripping into or stepping into or through any hole that is less than 4 feet (1.2 m) above a lower level by covers or guardrail systems:  (a) On or about 05/03/2017 - Production area, employees were not protected from tripping into a 10 x 11-inch hole in the top step of the stairs leading to the office.