GARDNERS, PA —
OSHA Inspection: KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE INC. in 450 GARDNERS STATION ROAD, GARDNERS, PA 17324 (NAICS 311421). OSHA activity number 342703683.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- KNOUSE FOODS COOPERATIVE INC.
- Site address
- 450 GARDNERS STATION ROAD
- City
- GARDNERS
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17324
- Mailing
- 450 GARDNERS STATION ROAD, GARDNERS, PA 17324
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311421
- Employees
- 192
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1910.147 D02
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $12,675
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2): The machine or equipment was not turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment: (a) PRODUCTION AREA, BERTOCCHI MACHINE, PUMP - Sanitation employee(s) disassembled the drain pipe for the holding tank at the bottom of the Bertocchi extraction machine in order to get the tank to drain quicker. Disassembly of this piping was not part of the established procedures to turn off and de-energize the machine. This exposed an employee to amputation injuries when the employee attempted to reach into the opening of the still operational Ampco model ZP1-130-50 Type Waukesha model 130 pump connected and adjacent to the drain pipe in order to retrieve a gasket/seal that had fallen into the pump after he had disassembled the pipe that was feeding into the pump, on or about October 6, 2017. No abatement certification or documentation required.
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 342703683.
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