OSHA Inspection: GRAETER'S ICE CREAM COMPANY

Issued

2019-08-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $13260.00 · Current $6630.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.      a) On July 22, 2019  the Hobart model #802 mixer was not guarded to prevent employees to rotating parts in that adequate guarding method such as but not limited to either barrier guards to prevent entry or electronic safety devices that would stop the motion of the paddle.

Issued

2019-08-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9472.00 · Current $4736.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.    a) The employer did not report an injury within twenty-four (24) hours of an employee being injured and hospitalized, in that an injury occurred on July 22, 2019 and the reported injury was on July 26, 2019.