OSHA Inspection: CREATIVE SPECIALTY FOOD SOLUTIONS, LLC

Issued

Nov 7, 2017

Abate by

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,548 · Current $7,529 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:      a) A kitchen cook was exposed to continuous noise levels at 158.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 93.3 dBA during the 385 minute sampling period on 10-19-17; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 95 minutes not sampled.      b) A kitchen cook was exposed to continuous noise levels at 157.6% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 93.2 dBA during the 390 minute sampling period on 10-19-17; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 90 minutes not sampled.      c) A kitchen cook was exposed to continuous noise levels at 110.8% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 90.7 dBA during the 427 minute sampling period on 10-19-17; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 53 minutes not sampled.

Issued

Nov 7, 2017

Abate by

Dec 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,548 · Current $7,529 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:      a) On or about October 11, 2017 located in the kitchen where kitchen employees were exposed to caught-in hazards when performing servicing on equipment such as, but not limited to, a Waukesha pump used to transport refried beans without developing an energy control program.      b) On or about October 19, 2017 at the facility where maintenance employees were exposed to electrical and caught in hazards when performing servicing and/or maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to, column lifts and a bowl chopper without developing an energy control program.

Issued

Nov 7, 2017

Abate by

Nov 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,963 · Current $5,378 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:      On or about October 19, 2017, located in the kitchen where employees were exposed to electrical hazards when the flexible cables on the bowl chopper were pulled from the strain relief exposing insulated conductor wires.