OSHA Inspection: LEMAC PACKAGING, INC.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,713 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:  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are performing servicing and maintenance on a foam perforating machine.  The perforating machine has hazardous energy including, but not limited to, mechanical, pneumatic and gravitational. The employer did not have a specific energy control procedure for the foam perforating machine.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees as covered in 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A)-(C):  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are performing service and maintenance activities on equipment including, but not limited to, a Challenger HB paper cutter (S/N:  19863), a Welsh Machine Works, Inc. PK-5050-1394 bandsaw, and a foam perforating machine.  Employees are not trained as authorized employees.  B.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are performing service and maintenance activities on equipment including, but not limited to, a Challenger HB paper cutter (S/N:  19863), a Welsh Machine Works, Inc. PK-5050-1394 bandsaw, and a foam perforating machine.  Employees are not trained as affected employees.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are performing service and maintenance activities on equipment including, but not limited to, a Challenger HB paper cutter (S/N:  19863), a Welsh Machine Works, Inc. PK-5050-1394 bandsaw, and a foam perforating machine.  The employer was not performing periodic inspections.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,630 · Current $4,641 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are performing service and maintenance activities on equipment including, but not limited to, a Challenge HB paper cutter (S/N:  19863).  Employees are not locking out the electrical disconnect during the service and maintenance activities.    B.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are performing servicing and maintenance on equipment including, but not limited to, a foam perforating machine.  Employees are not locking out the pneumatic air chuck on the machine during the service and maintenance activities.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i): A procedure was not utilized to afford the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device when servicing and/or maintenance was performed by a crew, craft, department or other group:  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto:   Two employees were performing service and maintenance on a Welsh Machine Works, Inc. PK-5050-1394 band saw.  Only one lock was affixed to the electrical disconnects.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, breaker panel #9 in the production area, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto:  Breakers within breaker panel #9, including, but not limited to, 13-15 and 25-30, were not identified as to their purpose.  B.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, production area, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto:  The electrical disconnect to the right of breaker panel #9 was not identified as to its purpose.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Jun 27, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,713 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about May 24, 2019 and times prior thereto:  The power transmission belt and pulley system on a Welsh Machine Works, Inc. PK-5050-1394 band saw was not guarded.  The belt and pulley system was within 3-feet of the ground.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are provided with, and permitted to use, portable dry chemical fire extinguishers.  The employer was not performing monthly inspections of the fire extinguishers.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Jul 8, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:   A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, on or about December 7, 2018 and times prior thereto: Employees are provided with, and permitted to use, portable dry chemical fire extinguishers.  Employees had not had fire extinguisher training.

Issued

Jun 3, 2019

Abate by

Jun 27, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:  A.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, at the Welsh Machine Works, Inc. PK-5050-1392 bandsaw, on or about May 24, 2019 and times prior thereto:  A metal electrical outlet box on the wall had an unused opening.  B.)  Lemac Packaging, Inc. dba Graphic Concepts, 645 West 32nd Street, Erie, PA  16508, at the perforating machines, on or about May 24, 2019 and times prior thereto:  A metal electrical outlet box on the wall had an unused opening.