OSHA Inspection: FRESH MARK, INC.

Issued

Jun 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,097 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): (8) Ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed;    On or about April 19, 2018, the employer did not ensure a three foot tall Werner fiberglass stepladder was used for the purposes for which it was designed.  The employer allowed the Specialty Meat Weber Line Slicer Operator to stand on the top of the step ladder to load the slicer machine.

Issued

Jun 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $11,197 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    On or about April 3, 2018, the employer did not ensure procedures were utilized for the safe application and usage of hazardous energy controls when employees conducted service and maintenance activities, such as installing the drop station guard and clearing product jams inside the drop station area of the Coney Pack Line 4 Drake Loader Machine.  Employees conducting service and maintenance activities were exposed to the electrically and pneumatically powered rotating and moving machine parts.

Issued

Jun 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) did not cover the actions listed in and was not done in sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6):  On or about April 3, 2018, the employer did not ensure employees implemented energy control procedures during the service and maintenance activities, such as installing drop station guards and clearing product jams inside the drop station area of the Coney Pack Line 4 Drake Loader Machine, by turning off and/or shutting down [per the 1910.147(d)(2) requirements], isolating all energy sources [(d)(3)], affixing a lockout device to each energy isolating device [(d)(4)], and verifying the equipment energy was isolated and de-energized prior to starting work [(d)(6)].

Issued

Jun 11, 2018

Abate by

Jul 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $8,797 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)(B) and (c)(4)(ii)(C):     On or about April 25, 2018, the employer did not ensure the control of hazardous energy procedures for the Frank-O-Matic machines clearly and specifically included all of the rules and techniques used by sanitation employees to control the electrical and pneumatic energy when cleaning the machines.  The employer's procedures did not include the specific procedural step for the isolating and blocking of the hazardous electrical and pneumatic energy [per 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B)], and placement of lockout devices [per 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(C) requirements].

Issued

Jun 11, 2018

Abate by

Jul 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $11,197 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:    On or about April 17, 2018, the employer did not ensure periodic inspections of their energy control procedures were performed at least annually to ensure the requirements of the standard were being followed.  The employer did not ensure an inspection was conducted of each energy control procedure to correct any inadequacies or deviations in the procedure [per 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(B) requirements], and/or a review of each authorized employee and their responsibilities under the energy control procedure [(c)(6)(i)(C)].