OSHA Inspection: REDCO FOODS, INC.

Issued

Jul 2, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,791 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(c): The employer did not provide, and ensure each employee used, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces:    a)  Tea Room, on or about 5/7/18:  Line 4 Cello Machine/Case Packer, access under the conveyor line was not guarded to prevent employees from crawling under the conveying line to access the control panel for the Cello machine.    b)  Tea Room, on or about 5/22/18:  Line 3 CelloMachine/Case Packer, access under the conveyor line was not guarded to prevent employees from crawling under the conveying line to access the control panel for the Cello machine.    Abatement certification must be submitted for instance b.

Issued

Jul 2, 2018

Abate by

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  Tea Room, on or about 5/7/18:  Line 4 Cello Machine/Case Packer, access under the conveyor line was not guarded to prevent employees from contact with moving plastic chain conveyor.  b)  Tea Room, on or about 5/22/18:  Line 3 Cell Machine/Case Packer, access under the conveyor line was not guarded to prevent employees from contact with moving plastic chain conveyor.  Abatement certification must be submitted for instance b.

Issued

Jul 2, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,497 · Current $3,665 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): The lockout/tagout 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, the following: (A) A specific statement of the intended use of the procedure; (B) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy; (C) Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and (D) Specific requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures:    a)  At the establishment, on or about 5/22/18:  The written lockout/tagout procedures were not adequate for, including, but not limited to cello wrappers, case packers, etc., in that they did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Jul 2, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct an annual or more frequent inspection of the energy control procedure to ensure that the procedure and requirements of this standard were followed:  a)  At the establishment, on or about 5/22/18:  Annual inspection of the lockout/tagout procedures were not being conducted to ensure that the procedures and requirements of the standard were being followed.  The last annual inspections were conducted January, 2015.  Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Jul 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,497 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye:    a)  At the establishment, on or about 5/7/18:  The employer did not notify OSHA within 24 hours of a work-related incident that resulted in the hospitalization of an employee.