OSHA Inspection: MULTICELL PACKAGING, INC.

Issued

Oct 13, 2017

Abate by

Nov 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,232 · Current $1,939 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): Procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A), (c)(4)(ii)(B), (c)(4)(ii)(C) and (c)(4)(ii)(D):  191 Victor Street, Lawrenceville, GA - On or about 09/26/17,  Employees/Maintenance were exposed to sudden energization or start-up of multi-energy source equipment/machinery such as, but not limited to the Stripper Machine and the Assembler Machines.  The company's written lockout/tagout specific procedures were found with the following deficiencies:  1.  The energy control procedures did not specifically outline the steps for shutting down the equipment and/or how to relieve the pneumatic stored energy source that was identified and/or listed on the equipment.  2.  The energy control procedures did not specifically outline the steps for the removal of locks and restoring lockout/tagout equipment back into services.   3.  Specific requirements for testing the machines and equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout/tagout devices and other energy control measures were not included in the specific procedures.