OSHA Inspection: MICHAEL FOODS, INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Nov 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $9,054 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B):  The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:     The employer is failing to protect employees from struck by and crushing hazards associated with servicing and maintaining equipment with stored energy.  This was most recently documented on September 27, 2017 during the inspection of the facility located at 105 N. Main St. Wakefield, NE; where the employer has developed inadequate written specific procedures for the Poweramp VS Series 66 Dock Levelers.  The procedures do not identify hydraulic and gravity as potential sources of stored energy nor do they provide instruction on methods to relieve and block those sources of energy.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Nov 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $9,054 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i):  The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that employees had the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of energy control devices:     The employer is failing to train employees on the struck by and crushing hazards associated with servicing and maintaining equipment with stored energy.  This was most recently documented on September 27, 2017 during the inspection of the facility located at 105 N. Main St. Wakefield, NE; where the employer has inadequately trained employees operating, troubleshooting and repairing equipment such as but not limited to dock levelers.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Nov 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $9,054 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(i): All potentially hazardous stored or residual energy was not relieved, disconnected, restrained or otherwise rendered safe after the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices    The employer is failing to protect employees from struck by and crushing hazards associated with servicing and maintaining equipment with stored energy.  The most recent occurrence of this was evident on September 27, 2017 during the inspection of the facility located at 105 N. Main St. Wakefield, NE; where the employer has employees maintaining and servicing dock levelers without using the manufactured designed and installed maintenance prop as means of isolating the gravity and hydraulic crushing hazards which lead to the death of an employee on September 26, 2017.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Nov 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $6,651 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(viii):  The employer did not ensure that electrical equipment was free from recognized hazards, based on the safeguarding of persons using or likely to come in contact with equipment:   The employer is failing to protect employees from 480 volt electrical and arc flash hazards associated with working in the vicinity of unsecured enclosure doors.  This was most recently documented on September 27, 2017 during the inspection of the facility located at 105 N. Main St. Wakefield, NE; where the employer has employees exposed to unsecured enclosure doors in electrical room 81.  Electrical installations in the room have doors which are not secured allowing them to open freely which exposes personnel in the area to live parts and possible arc flash hazards.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Nov 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $6,651 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:          The employer is failing to protect employees from electrical hazards associated to accessing ineffectively protected electrical cabinets.  This was most recently documented on September 27, 2017 during the inspection of the facility located at 105 N. Main St. Wakefield, NE; where the employer has employees accessing electrical panels A24 and A8 to de-energize equipment and the openings within the cabinet are not effectively closed due to missing front blank adapters.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Nov 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $129,336 · Current $90,536 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i):  The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:    The employer is failing to protect employees from all hazards associated with authorized employees performing service and maintenance of equipment with stored energy. The most recent occurrence of this was documented on September 27, 2017 during the inspection of the facility located at 105 N. Main St. Wakefield, NE; where the employer failed to conduct the annual periodic review of the written lockout tagout procedures for all equipment at its Wakefield facility, including, but not limited to, the Poweramp VS Series 66 Dock Levelers numbers 1-6 located in the cold storage load warehouse.