OSHA Inspection: RETURN PROCESSING CENTER LLC

Issued

Nov 3, 2017

Abate by

Nov 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,304 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): (1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:     On or about July 21, 2017 the work areas and open spaces around equipment were not kept in a clean condition, from a large accumulation of ink dust present on the floor and equipment surfaces.

Issued

Nov 3, 2017

Abate by

Nov 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,346 · Current $2,608 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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:    On or about June 28, 2017 the employer had not established an energy control procedure consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspection when resetting the plate in the baler. An employee was exposed to a pinch point hazard while grasping the bar on the back of the baler when the baler was activated and the bar moved forward into the machine.

Issued

Nov 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 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 July 21, 2017 the employer had not verified a workplace hazard assessment was performed through a written certification meeting the requirements of the standard.

Issued

Nov 3, 2017

Abate by

Nov 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer:  On or about July 21, 2017 the employer had not provided employees with the information contained in Appendix D either in writing or verbally.

Issued

Nov 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(10): Safety data sheets may be kept in any form, including operating procedures, and may be designed to cover groups of hazardous chemicals in a work area where it may be more appropriate to address the hazards of a process rather than individual hazardous chemicals. However, the employer shall ensure that in all cases the required information is provided for each hazardous chemical, and is readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):  On or about July 21, 2017 safety data sheets (SDS) for potentially hazardous materials such as but not limited to ink toner(s), isopropyl alcohol and glue spray adhesive were not readily accessible to employees working with them.