OSHA Inspection: CLEANTEX SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Apr 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,130 · Current $6,250 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:    a) Facility    The employer did not conduct periodic inspection of the lockout tagout procedures to ensure that the procedures were being followed for employees required to perform maintenance and repairs on equipment with steam, water and electricity as energy sources.    Violation occurred on or about 10/19/2017.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $6,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    a) Catcher area Line 2    The Line 2 folding machine was not provided guarding to protect employees from ingoing nip points where the linens are folded at the end of the line.    Violation observed on or about 11/14/2017.

Issued

Mar 15, 2018

Abate by

Mar 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,033 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4): When an injury or illness involved restricted work or job transfer, the OSHA 300 Log of recordable work-related injuries and illnesses did not have an entry of the total number of restricted or transferred days in the job transfer or restricted work days column:    a) Facility    On or about 10/17/17 an employee was struck by in the left ankle by a laundry bin and experienced days away from work.  The case was recorded as days away from work but the number of days away was not entered on the log.    Violation observed on or about 03/12/18.