OSHA Inspection: FLEXOVIT USA, INC.

Issued

2017-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    a) On or about 09/01/2017 in the packaging area; where employees engaged in unjamming the conveyor on the KVP line and were exposed to unguarded machinery hazards, the machine was not shut down, deenergized and locked out when employees unjammed the equipment.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2017-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(C): Where lockout was used for energy control, the periodic inspection did not include a review between the inspector and each authorized employee, at least annually, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected:    a) On or about 09/12/2017 throughout establishment; where employees perform servicing and/or maintenance such as, but not limited to unjamming equipment, rebuilding machinery and setting up machines and equipment (such as abrasive wheel forming machines and packaging equipment).    ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2017-09-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation:    a) On or about 09/01/2017 in the packaging area; where employees were unjamming packaging equipment (Weiss KVP line) while the equipment was running. The employees were not trained to control the machinery hazards by deenergizing the equipment and locking the machine in the "off" position.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2017-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by automatically restarting equipment:    a) On or about 09/01/2017 in the packaging area; where employees were exposed to hazards of automatically restarting equipment while unjamming the Weiss KVP line conveyor.     NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED