OSHA Inspection: GREATWIDE DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS, LLC

Issued

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12934.00 · Current $6467.00 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 ingoing nip points and rotating parts:    On or about December 7, 2018 and at times prior thereto:         a. In the pallet inspection area of SMETCO #1 pallet sorting machine where employees were exposed to caught-by hazards while working near rotating rollers, moving chains and ingoing nip points at the chain conveyor sprockets on the pallet conveyors without providing a method of machine guarding to protect employees from the rotating parts, moving chain, and ingoing nip points.       b. In the pallet inspection area of SMETCO #2 pallet sorting machine where employees were exposed to caught-by hazards while working near rotating rollers, moving chains and ingoing nip points at the chain conveyor sprockets on the pallet conveyor without providing a method of machine guarding to protect employees from the rotating parts, moving chain, and ingoing nip points.