OSHA Inspection: URBAN FARMER LLC

Issued

Jun 18, 2019

Abate by

Aug 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $7,956 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed 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 shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a.  On or about April 18, 2019, in the facility, the employer failed to implement an energy control program with machine specific lock out/tag out procedures, employee training and periodic inspections.  Employees were exposed to hazards including but not limited to caught in when performing sanitizing and cleaning operations.

Issued

Jun 18, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $7,956 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by point of operation:      a.  On or about April 18, 2019, employees who worked on the Vemag Dough Portioner(s) were exposed to amputation hazards due to a lack of guarding to protect employees from the point of operation or knife blade.