OSHA Inspection: BLANK INDUSTRIES, LLC

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(1): Ladder rungs, steps, and cleats were not parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder was in position for use:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 4-feet while accessing ladders without uniform ladder rungs to the following platforms;    1) Scale platform,  2) Main feed conveyor platform.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(iv): The employer did not ensure each employee was protected from falling into a ladderway floor hole or ladderway platform hole by a guardrail system and toe boards erected on all exposed sides, except at the entrance to the hole, where a self-closing gate or an offset must be used.    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 4-feet while working from the following platforms;  Instance 1: Main feed platform had no self-closing gate at the ladderway opening, inadequate guard rails, and no toe boards.  Instance 2: Scale platform had no self-closing gate at the ladderway opening.  Instance 3: Volumetric filler platform had no self-closing gate at the ladderway opening.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following:  Guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Location: Main feed platform    On or about 01/02/2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 4-feet while working from the main feed platform that was not equipped with a guardrail on all sides of the platform.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $1000.00 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, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, eye and face protection was not utilized to mix chemicals in 55-gallon drums and transfer chemicals to a large tank.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, an evaluation or identification of respiratory hazards was not done for chemical hazards while mixing and transferring chemicals.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, employees that mix chemicals into a 55-gallon drum and transfer the chemicals wore a 3M 6898 full face respirator and a 3M 8300 half face respirator and were not medically evaluated.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:  Location: Facility  On or about 01/02/2020, half face and full face respirators were left in the open work environment, exposing the respirator to damage, contamination dust, and moisture.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3000.00 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:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, the employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections including but not limited to the employees who perform cleaning and maintenance to the following but not limited to equipment;    1) Robot,  2) Palletizer/wrapper area,  3) Scale platform,  4) Main feed conveyor,  5) Burner.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2000.00 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:    Location: In-feed conveyor #1 and palletizer area    On or about 01/02/2020, a guarding device was not provided at the end of the conveyor to the palletizer, exposing employees to in-going nip points and point of operation hazards from the conveyor and automatic cycling palletizer.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:    Location: Packaging line area    On or about 01/02/2020, the projecting shaft end of the conveyor roller was not guarded and exposed employees to in-going nip-points.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, a written hazard communication program was not developed for employees that perform the following but not limited to tasks;  1. Mixing and transferring corrosive and caustic chemicals,  2. Pressure washing machinery that handle corrosive and caustic chemicals.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  Location: Facility  On or about 01/02/2020, hazard communication training was not provided to employees upon their initial assignment while working with the following chemicals such as, but not limited to; 1. Mixing and transferring corrosive and caustic chemicals, 2. Pressure washing machinery that handle corrosive and caustic chemicals.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $433.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, a workplace hazard assessment and written certification was not performed for the following, but not limited to tasks; mixing of chemicals, transferring chemicals, and cleaning conveyor screen systems with a pressure washer.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $433.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)     Location: Facility    On or about 01/02/2020, the elements of a written respiratory protection program were not developed with worksite specific procedures for the employees required to wear the 3M 6898 full face respirator and a 3M 8300 half face respirator while transferring dye from a 55-gallon drum to the large dye tank and while mixing chemicals.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134(k)(1)(i) - (vii):  Location: Facility  On or about 01/02/2020, employees were not provided with information and training on proper use and care of respirators where employees were wearing half face and full face respirators while mixing and transferring chemicals.