OSHA Inspection: DANHIL CONTAINERS, INC.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,149 · Current $4,889 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(c): Access and egress: The employer did not provide, and did not ensure each employee used a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees performing box making activities traverse across conveyor rollers, both powered and gravity fed, on plates that are approximately 6 inches wide to their places of work, exposing employees to the hazards of falling or being caught in the rollers.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $6,845 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, specific lockout/tag out procedures were not developed for machines with more than one energy source, exposing employees to the hazard of being caught in or struck by moving machinery parts.    A) Large Gluer- powered by electric and pneumatic power, no specific LOTO procedures.    B) Jumbo Slotter/Printer- powered by electric, pneumatic and hydraulic power, no specific LOTO procedures.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,149 · Current $4,889 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees performing maintenance on the Jumbo Slotter/Printer where not protected from the hazard of being struck by or caught in sections of the collapsible machine when opened.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,889 · Current $2,934 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 devices.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, lockout devices used to isolate energy sources did not indicate the identity of the employee applying the device, exposing the employees to that hazards of being struck by or caught in moving machine parts.    A) The Large Gluer has 3 keyed locks, all with blue wrist straps for the keys and no means to indicate the identity of the employee applying the lock.    B) The Jumbo Slotter/Printer has 4 keys with 3 different colored wrist straps, one with no attachment, but no means to indicate the identity of the employee applying the key.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Oct 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $6,845 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not provide adequate energy control program training to employees working with multiple energy source machinery, exposing the employees to the hazards of being struck by or caught in moving machine parts.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,889 · Current $2,933 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees were operating powered industrial trucks without successful completion of training to include performance evaluation, exposing the operators and other employees to the hazard of being struck by the forklift.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $6,845 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.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees performing box making operations were not protected  by machine guarding methods from nip points and rotating parts, exposing the employees to the hazard of being struck by or caught in moving machine parts.    A) On the Jumbo Slotter/Printer- nip points at the layboy conveyor, stacker conveyor, register motor.  Rotating knives on the slotter heads.  Pinch points at the stacker conveyor base pivot point.    B) On the Isowa Slotter- nip points at the stacker conveyor and pinch points at the stacker base pivot point and railing.    C) On the Large Gluer- rotating catch points from the rollers at the feed end of the machine. Nip point between operator's platform and loader table.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $6,845 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees were performing box making operations in close proximity to unguarded shafts, exposing the employees to the hazards of being caught in the rotating shafts.    A) At Jumbo Slotter/Printer there are two unguarded horizontal shafts which power the conveyors for the layboy and stacker and three unguarded register motors.    B) At the Large Gluer, the rollers that move the boxes are mounted on unguarded rotating shafts.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft.  On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees performing box making activities at the large gluer conveyor table were exposed to a rotating shaft protruding more than one half the diameter of the shaft, exposing the employees to the hazard of being caught in the moving shaft.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $6,845 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed.    On or about 1 May 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees performing box making activities on the large gluer were working in close proximity to exposed sprocket wheels and chains less than seven feet from the floor, exposing the employees to hazard of being struck by or caught in the moving chains and sprocket wheels.    A) Employees feed boxes into the gluer while standing and kneeling directly next to an unguarded vertical chain which raises and lowers the feed table.    B) Employees adjust the glue head on the machine in the vicinity of an unguarded diagonally running chain which powers the rollers.

Issued

Aug 10, 2017

Abate by

Aug 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,889 · Current $2,933 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area.    On or about 1 May 2017 and at times prior thereto, employees performing cardboard box manufacturing activities on a gluer machine were not provided effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work area.