OSHA Inspection: GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL

Issued

Aug 12, 2019

Abate by

Sep 27, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,127 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)(A): Lockout/tagout procedures were not implemented when servicing and/or maintenance was taking place during normal production operations when an employee (s) was required to (A) Remove or bypass a guard or other safety device; (B) were required to place any part of his or her body into area on a machine or piece of equipment where work was actually performed upon the material being processed (point of operation) or where an associated danger zone existed during a machine operating cycle:   On or about April 23, 2019, at the worksite located at 1101 Denton Road, Pacific, Missouri, employee(s) were required to open the blanket guard of the Koenig & Bauer AG, Rapida 162 Offset Printing Presses at workstations 7200, 7202, 7206 and 7208 to routinely perform manual blanket washing procedures, and expose their hands to moving machinery.        IN THE ALTERNATIVE    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:    On or about April 23, 2019, at the worksite located at 1101 Denton Road, Pacific, Missouri, employee(s) were required to open the blanket guard of the Koenig & Bauer AG, Rapida 162 Offset Printing Presses at workstations 7200, 7202, 7206 and 7208 to routinely perform manual blanket washing procedures, and expose their hands to moving machinery.