OSHA Inspection: SPEEDY FOODS, LLC

Issued

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not 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 was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On and preceding 2/20/2019, the employer did not 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 was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative. Employees clean and perform maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to: General Machinery Corporation S/M flaker, Model 3100, piston-driven food depositors, steam kettles/mixers, and the Butcher Boy meat grinder, Model A56. This condition exposed employees to laceration and amputation hazards.

Issued

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding were 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) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On or about 2/20/2019, one or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation and moving parts. There are seven (7) unguarded piston-driven, pneumatically-powered food depositors in the facility. Employees operate and work in the vicinity of the depositors. These conditions exposed employees to laceration and amputation hazards.    b) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On or about 2/20/2019, one or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation and rotating parts. Employees operate and work in the vicinity of on one (1) unguarded Hobart dough mixer. These conditions exposed employees to laceration and amputation hazards.

Issued

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): All sprocket wheels and chains less than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform were not enclosed:    a) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On or about 2/20/2019, all sprocket wheels and chains less than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform were not enclosed. There are three (3) robotic machines at the facility used to index, position, and convey product. Employees operate and work nearby the robotic machines. These conditions exposed employees to laceration and amputation hazards.

Issued

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also included the other requirements of this section:    a) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On or about 2/20/2019, the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace written hazard communication program. Two employees use chemicals in order to sanitize equipment, such as Alpha 2000 Cleaner and Degreaser and HI VIS 20 Oven Cleaner. Additionally, employees use a variety of chemicals for the maintenance of equipment, such as Ace Extra Strength Stripper and Klean Strip Denatured Alcohol. These conditions exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not 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 had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On or about 2/20/2019, the employer did not 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 had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area. Sanitation employees use chemicals in order to sanitize equipment, such as Alpha 2000 Cleaner and Degreaser and HI VIS 20 Oven Cleaner. Additionally, employees use a variety of chemicals for the maintenance of equipment, such as Ace Extra Strength Stripper and Klean Strip Denatured Alcohol. These conditions exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):  a) Speedy Foods, LLC at 7033 E 49th Ave., Commerce City, CO, 80022: On or about 2/20/2019 the employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Of the 36 full-time employees at the food production facility only the sanitation employees are provided with safety glasses. Production employees process raw and cooked food product and work around pneumatically-driven machinery with pressurized air hoses that, if released suddenly, could lash out and strike employees in the eyes. These conditions exposed employees to struck-by and eye hazards.