OSHA Inspection: WILENTA FEED

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): (1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.  Location: 46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Shipping Area  a) Employees exposed to fall hazards by excessive tofu residual, mixed chicken and lubricants which accumulated on the working surface floor along with tripping hazards posed by broken pallets, shipping materials and merchandise accumulated on the work floor on or about 10/1/19.

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The floor of each workroom was not maintained in a clean and, to the extent feasible, in a dry condition.  When wet processes are used, drainage must be maintained and, to the extent feasible, dry standing places, such as false floors, platforms, and mats must be provided:   Location: 46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Tipping Area  a) Employees were exposed to slip & fall hazards while moving chicken feed product across the tipping floor nearby 2  uncovered troughs used for drainage approximately 31 in long x 14 in wide x 15 in in depth on or about 10/1/19.

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.    Location: 46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Shipping Area  a) Employees were not provided with eye protection when exposed to flying particles while conducting wooden pallet disposal operations with hammers on or about 11/20/19.

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(5): Every enclosed workplace was not constructed, equipped, and maintained, so far as reasonably practicable, as to prevent the entrance or harborage of rodents, insects, and other vermin. A continuing and effective extermination program shall be instituted where their presence is detected.   Location: 46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Shipping Area/Tipping area  a) Employees work areas not provided with equipped with preventable  measures to prevent the entrance or harborage of birds and other vermin on or about 11/20/19.

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Secure storage. Storage of material created a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers that were not stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse:   46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Shipping Area  a) Employees exposed to struck by hazards by excessive unstable wooden pallets stacked approximately 15 feet  near the emergency fire exit on or about 10/1/19.

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $46263.00 · Current $13000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not free and unobstructed:   Location: 46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Shipping Area  a) Employees were exposed to fire and smoke inhalation hazards when a rear exit route was obstructed by warehouse shelving systems, tires, wood and other materials. Conditions noted on or about 10/1/19 and 11/20/19.

Issued

2020-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $46263.00 · Current $13000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer did not ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).  Location: 46 Henry St Secaucus, NJ 07094 - Shipping Area and Lot  a) Employees operating powered industrial vehicles to move wooden pallets, chicken feed and other company merchandise and machine equipment, were not provided with a combination of formal instruction and practical evaluation prior to being permitted to operate a forklift on or about 11/20/19.