OSHA Inspection: MAGNOLIA FLOORING MILL LLC

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.    On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior:  a. There was an accumulation of wood dust inside an opened 460 volts GS2 Automation Direct electric cabinet located south of the Side Matcher and east of the East Side Knot Chop saws.  b. There was a pen inside the opened 460 volts GS2 Automation Direct electric cabinet located south of the Side Matcher and east of the East Side Knot Chop saws.   c. There were soda bottles, energy drink cans, Gatorade bottles, and coffee cups littered or stored between GS2 Automation Direct cabinet and a green electric motor located south of the Side Matcher and east of the East Side Knot Chop saws. Spilling liquid on broken conduits and or opened electric cabinet could result to electrical hazard.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(2): Exit routes were not arranged so that employees did not have to travel toward a high hazard area, unless the path of travel was effectively shielded from the high hazard area by suitable partitions or other physical barriers.     On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior, the exit routes from the East Side Knot saws were arranged so employees had to travel on an energized, moving conveyor belt. This condition exposed employees to trips, fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $4,000 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:    On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not establish a logout tagout (LOTO) program consisting of employee training and periodic inspection.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $4,000 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 August 29, 2017 and there prior, the front portion of knot chop saws were not covered or guarded to protect operators from hazards such as those created by rotating parts and ingoing nip points.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(r)(4): Suitable guard(s) were not provided to reduce to a minimum the hazard due to the point of operation of chop saws.  On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that the guards on the knot chop saws were adequate to prevent inadvertent contact with rotating blades.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv): Electrical equipment had damaged parts that may adversely affect safe operation or mechanical strength of the equipment, such as parts that are broken, bent, cut, or deteriorated by corrosion, chemical action, or overheating:    On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior, the employer did not ensure that a broken conduit on 460 volts GS2 Automation Direct cabinet was repaired to prevent exposure to electrical hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed.    On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior, a Ripsaw Infeed electric cabinet on the east wall in the Rough End area was missing a knockout. This condition exposed employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose:    On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior, the GS2 Automation Direct and the main controller electric cabinets for the Side Matcher in the Rough End area were not closed. This condition exposed employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Mar 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $726 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points.    On or about August 29, 2017 and there prior:   a. The entry and exit route located on the catwalk into the East Side knot saws was not at least 28 inches wide at all points.  b. The entry and exit route located on the east side from the Hasko Side Matcher into the knot saws was not at least 28 inches wide at all points.

Issued

Jan 23, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.    The employer did not report an amputation and inpatient hospitalization that occurred on or about August 25, 2017 at 11:15am within 24 hours. The amputation and hospitalization were reported on August 28, 2017 at about 9:00am.