OSHA Inspection: LA AMISTAD TORTILLERIA

Issued

2019-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1300.00 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.    On or about November 30, 2018 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to caught in hazards while cleaning an Apolo Tortilla machine without an energy control program that included procedures, employee training and periodic inspections.

Issued

2019-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1500.00 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.    On, or about November 30, 2018 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to caught in hazards while operating an Apolo Tortilla Machine without guards to protect the operator and other employees from rotating parts.

Issued

2019-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, within (24) twenty-four hours.    La Amistad Tortilleria:  On or about November 24, 2018,  the employer failed to report to OSHA an employee amputation within 24 hours.