OSHA Inspection: INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER CO. LLC

Issued

Feb 4, 2021

Abate by

Mar 3, 2021

Penalty

Initial $6,827 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.145(c)(2)(i): Caution signs were not used to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe practices:   110 N Bridge St. Holyoke, MA. On or about September 29, 2020  the employer had not ensured that caution signs meeting American National Standard Z53.1-1967 were affixed to areas of a hydraulic brake that posed specific safety and health hazards to operators and other exposed employees.  The caution signs affixed to the front of the brake were worn and not legible and the employer had not removed the defective safety signs and replaced them with signs that were legible to employees using the machine.

Issued

Feb 4, 2021

Abate by

Mar 3, 2021

Penalty

Initial $7,510 · Current $0 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:  110 N Bridge St. Holyoke, MA. On or about September 29, 2020 the employer had not established an energy control procedure which included the following program requirements.  The procedures did not include a purpose of the procedure statement, statements addressing the specific sources of energy with each piece of equipment, statements relating to the specific location of areas to lock to isolate power and the establishment of periodic inspections for the procedure as required by 1910.147 Appendix A (non-voluntary).

Issued

Feb 4, 2021

Abate by

Mar 3, 2021

Penalty

Initial $10,513 · Current $10,513

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:  110 N Bridge St. Holyoke, MA. On or about September 29, 2020 the employer had not provided one or more methods of guarding to prevent employees from getting any part of their body into the point of operation of an Ermak SPA 12 automatic brake machine exposing employees to amputations.