OSHA Inspection: VEEPAK OHIO, LLC

Issued

Mar 25, 2019

Abate by

Jun 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $7,246

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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. At the facility, the employer did not establish an energy control program to include, energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections when employees were expected to perform servicing and maintenance activities on equipment such as but not limited to, preventative maintenance, set up, and cleaning.

Issued

Mar 25, 2019

Abate by

Apr 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.    a. In the production area, employees did not lock out the machines when performing servicing and maintenance activities such as but not limited to, cleaning and set up.

Issued

Mar 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,347 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Space about electric equipment. Sufficient access and working space shall be provided and maintained about all electric equipment to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.    a. Located next to the cardboard compactor, a pallet with a large box was place directly in front of an electrical panel.

Issued

Mar 25, 2019

Abate by

Apr 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,347 · Current $4,347

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.    a. In the pre-weigh area, chemicals in portable containers were not labeled with the required information when stored and not used immediately.

Issued

Mar 25, 2019

Abate by

Apr 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,796 · Current $5,796

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.    a. At the facility, the employer did not provide information and training to all new employees on hazardous chemicals in their work area prior to working with the chemicals.

Issued

Mar 25, 2019

Abate by

Apr 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): Respiratory protection program. This paragraph requires the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use. The program must be administered by a suitably trained program administrator. In addition, certain program elements may be required for voluntary use to prevent potential hazards associated with the use of the respirator. The Small Entity Compliance Guide contains criteria for the selection of a program administrator and a sample program that meets the requirements of this paragraph. Copies of the Small Entity Compliance Guide will be available on or about April 8, 1998 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Office of Publications, Room N 3101, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210 (202-219-4667).  a. The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program when employees were required to wear N-95 respirators.