OSHA Inspection: AMAZING VITAMINS LLC

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10513.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(a)(3):Exit routes were not free and unobstructed. Materials or equipment were placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route.   a) Rear Exterior of Building:  An exit door located behind  the L2 room was blocked with a garbage dumpster, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10513.00 · Current $5000.00 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:  a) Warehouse L3 Room: The employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of procedures or employee training for unjamming a CVC Capper Machine which resulted in an accident, on or about 2/4/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:(a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS)(IDENTIFY MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT)(THIS INCLUDES ENFORCEMENT OF PROCEDURES)  a) Warehouse L3 Room: The employer did not develop detailed site specific procedural steps for shutting down the CVC Capper Machine  prior to maintenance/servicing, to prevent unexpected release of stored energy, thus exposing employees to an accident, on or about 2/4/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:  a) Warehouse L3 Room: The employer did not provide locks, tags, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self locking fasteners or other hardware for isolating, securing or blocking the CVC Capper Machine from energy  sources, on or about 2/4/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees  a) Warehouse L3 Room: The employer did not provide training to ensure that employees have the knowledge and understanding of the use of a lock out tag out program and the dangers of the energy of the machines, on or about 2/4/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6008.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.176(c):Housekeeping. Storage areas was not kept free from accumulation of materials that constitute hazards from tripping, fire, explosion, or pest harborage.   a) Warehouse - Aisle H : Employer did not keep storage aisles free from accumulation of material comprised of boxes, old machinery and merchandise that created tripping and fire hazards on or about 3/3/2021.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6008.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(f)(2):Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident.  L2 Room: The panel box was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose of the circuit breakers, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10513.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(g)(2)(i):Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  a) Room L3 - The electrical panel box cover for the CVC machine was missing, exposing employees to electrical hazards, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $128726.00 · Current $74000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.304(f)(1)(iv): Over-current devices were not readily accessible to each employee or authorized building management personnel.   a) Warehouse Panel box main entrance left side: Cardboard boxes, water jugs and garbage were stored in front of an electrical panel, blocking access on or about 3/3/21.  b) Main Warehouse Panel box by L3 room:  A Powder Filler Machine  was stored in front of an electrical panel, blocking access on or about 3/3/21.  c) Warehouse L1 room Panel box: Cardboard  boxes  filled with plastic bottles were stored in front of an electrical panel, blocking access on or about 3/3/21.  d) Warehouse L2 room  Panel box: Cardboard boxes filled with plastic bottles were stored in front of an electrical panel, blocking access on or about 3/3/21.  e) Warehouse L3 room  Panel box: Cardboard boxes filled with plastic bottles were stored in front of an electrical panel, blocking access on or about 3/3/21.  f) Warehouse L3 Room:  CSHOs returned to the site and observed a panel box being blocked with cardboard, on  or about 5/17/21.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $18023.00 · Current $9000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(g)(1)(iv): Flexible cords and/ or cables were used for purposes prohibited by paragraphs (A) through (F) of 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)   a) Building Interior L1 room: Employees were using relocatable power taps as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure to power the Conveyor  Belt C1 in room L1, on or about 3/3/2021.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12015.00 · Current $6000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i): Portable cord and plug connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) were not visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage:  a) Building interior-L1 Rooms: Employees were exposed to an electrical hazard while using extension cords that were missing a ground pin to power machinery, and were never inspected, on or about 3/3/21.  b) Building interior-L2 Room: Employees were exposed to an electrical hazard while using extension cords that were missing a ground pin to power machinery, and were never inspected, on or about 3/3/21.