OSHA Inspection: STEUBEN FOODS INCORPORATED

Issued

Sep 26, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  a) On or about 07/25/19 in the Combidone Filling Room; employees were exposed to caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, weekly cleaning of the A3 Speed filler, when the employer allowed these employees to rely on the Category 4 interlocks found on the access door for employee protection and did not require the utilization of the Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for the S-Line filler created 01/02/19.      b) On or about 07/25/19 in the Bottle Line; operators were exposed to struck by and caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, cleaning the Posimat bottle unscrambler when the employer allowed these employees to rely on control circuits and Cat 4 interlocks on the access doors for employee protection and did not require the use of the Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for this machine created 05/27/14.    c) On or about 07/25/19 in the Bottle Line; maintenance employees were exposed to caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, clearing of jams and changeover of the buckets and pucks in the Posimat bottle unscrambler when the employer allowed these employees to rely on Category 4 interlocks on the access doors for employee protection and did not require the use of the Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for this machine created 05/27/14.    d) On or about 07/25/19 in the Packing Department; employees were exposed to caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, cleaning of the slats, fill heads and hand cleaning inside the Stork Bottle filler machine when the employer allowed these employees to rely on safety interlocks found on the access doors for employee protection and did not require the use of the Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for the Stork Bottle filler created 03/15/16.   e) On or about 07/25/19 in the Tetra Department; employees were exposed to caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, change over and hand cleaning of the Tetra-Pak filler when the employer allowed these employees to rely on the safety interlocks found on the access doors for employee protection and did not require the use of Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for this machine. created 08/17/18.   f) On or about 07/25/19 in the ESL Department; employees were exposed to caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, the hand cleaning and change over of the EH2 filler when the employer allowed employees to rely on safety interlocks found on the access doors for employee protection and did not require the use of the Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for this machine created 10/08/13.    g) On or about 07/25/19 in the Packing Department; employees were exposed to caught between hazards during the service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, hand cleaning and change over of the Arol capper when the employer allowed employees to rely on safety interlocked access doors for employee protection and did not require the use of the Steuben Foods Lockout/Tagout Procedure for this machine created 06/03/14.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:  a) On or about 07/25/19 in the Combidone Filling room; employee was exposed to caught between hazard during the weekly cleaning of the A3 Speed filler, when the employer did not require this employee to apply a lock to the disconnect E-1 while a maintenance employee was performing repairs on this machine and had applied their lock to E-1 as described in Section VI-B of their Lockout/Tagout Program, rev. 04/28/15.      b) On or about 07/25/19 in the ESH Department; employees were exposed to caught between hazard during the reassembly of this filler when one employee was reassembling the machine while another employee was taking a wipe sample in and around the inside of the EH2 filler and the employer did not require each employee to apply a lock to the energy isolation device as described Section VI - B of their Lockout/Tagout program, rev. 04/28/15.         NO ABATMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 26, 2019

Abate by

Oct 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation;   a) On or about 07/25/19 throughout the facility; employees were exposed to caught between and struck by hazards while performing service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, hand cleaning inside the A3 Speed filler, Posimat bottle unscrambler, Stork bottle filler, Tetra Filler, EH2 filler, Arol Capper, change over the Arol Capper, EH2 filler,  Tertra Filler, and were not trained to recognize the means and methods necessary for energy isolation.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,796 · Current $3,500 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) On or about 07/25/19 in the Bottle Line department; employees were exposed to struck by and crushing hazard when they were able to access the point of operation, area where the arm pushes rejected boxes off the conveyor and resets, on the case reject device.     b) On or about 04/25/19 in the Combi Department; employees were exposed to an in-going nip point hazard when the gap between the end of the conveyor, K line, G line, and the transition plate was large enough to cause a recordable laceration injury.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED