OSHA Inspection: ALDER CREEK BEVERAGES LLC

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): The employer did not maintain exit routes free and unobstructed. route.     a) At the warehouse, on or about 3/12/2019: Exits were blocked shut by snow.

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): The employer must ensure an emergency action plan is in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review.   a) At the establishment, on or about 3/12/2019: The employer did not implement an emergency action plan inclusive of a Fire Safety Policy.

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3978.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedures and employee training to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4):     a)    Throughout the bottling plant, on or about 3/12/2019: The employer permitted servicing and maintenance activities on equipment including, but not limited to: blow molding machines, conveyor systems, bottle filling and capping systems, and palletizer machines without establishing a lockout/tagout program which includes written energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections, to prevent serious injuries from the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy of the equipment.

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3182.00 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:         a)    At Line One, on or about 3/12/2019: Operators ran the Permatec bottle filling and    capping machine while a panel cover was open exposing point of operation and moving parts.        b)    At the Maintenance Shop, on or about 3/12/2019: Employees operated a Delta   Drill Press without a guard around the rotating chuck.

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3182.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch.    a) At the Maintenance Shop, on or about 3/12/2019: The opening to the workrest on a Palmgreen bench grinder was 1 1/2 inch.

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The employer did not ensure the distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:  a) At the Maintenance Shop, on or about 3/12/2019: The Palmgreen bench grinder did not have a tongue guard.

Issued

2019-04-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Projecting shaft ends did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one-half the diameter of the shaft without being guarded by nonrotating caps or safety sleeves:  a) At the Bottling Plant, Conveyor in Line One, on or about 3/12/2019: A one inch diameter rotating shaft end located 3.5 feet above the floor projected one inch and was not guarded.   b) At the Bottling Plant, Conveyor in Line Two, on or about 3/12/2019: A one inch diameter rotating shaft end located 3.5 feet above the floor projected three inches and was not guarded.   c) At the Bottling Plant, Labeling Station in Line Two, on or about 3/12/2019: A one inch diameter rotating shaft end located 3.5 feet above the floor projected three inches and was not guarded.