OSHA Inspection: NASOYA FOODS USA, LLC

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(4): Objects that project into the exit route must not reduce the width of the exit route to less than the minimum width requirements for exit routes.    Location: Cardboard Compactor area    On or about March 2, 2019, employees were exposed to fire and entrapment hazards as a result of an exit discharge blocked by pallets of cardboard.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,127 · Current $6,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(iv): Employee(s) required to use PPE by this section were not trained to know the limitations of PPE:    Location: Pasteurizer room    On or about March 2, 2019, an employee utilized a chemical apron instead of a chemical suit while cleaning food processing equipment with a chemical containing sodium hydroxide and received chemical burns.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    Location: Facility    On or about March 27, 2019, an evaluation or identification of respiratory hazards for but not limited to, workers that clean food processing equipment with sodium hydroxide was not performed.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $11,252 · Current $5,500 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    Location: Facility    On or about March 2, 2019, a drenching facility for quick and/or immediate use was not provided to sanitation workers who clean food processing equipment with corrosive chemicals containing such as, but not limited to, sodium hydroxide.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,377 · Current $4,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:    Location: Main hallway to office, supervisor's office, maintenance    On or about March 28, 2019, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from pallets of cardboard stacked four high and not stable against sliding and collapse.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,877 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2): 29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2) Annual electronic submission of OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by establishments with 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.    Located at the Nasoya Foods USA, LLC, One New England Way, Ayer, MA 01432: On or about March 27, 2019, the employer failed during calendar year 2019, to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by March 2, 2019.    a). The establishment employed 196 employees and is classified 311991 during calendar year 2018.

Issued

Aug 28, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,052 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a respirator did not in itself create a hazard:    Location: Facility    On or about March 27, 2019, employees who voluntarily wear the N95 filtering facepiece respirator were not provided with Appendix D of the respirator standard.