OSHA Inspection: DAYTON BAG & BURLAP CO

Issued

Feb 7, 2022

Abate by

Mar 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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) On or about October 28, 2021, the employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspection for employees who were performed servicing and maintenance such as but not limited to roller cleaning on the ink press, powered by electrical energy, to change the color.

Issued

Feb 7, 2022

Abate by

Mar 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:  (1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.  (2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.  (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).  (4)(ii) Lockout or tagout device application. Lockout devices, where used, shall be affixed in a manner to that will hold the energy isolating devices in a "safe" or "off" position  (5)(i) Stored energy. Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe.  a) On or about October 28, 2021, Employees who performed servicing and maintenance such as but not limited to roller cleaning on the ink press, powered by electrical energy, to change the color, were not required to follow steps 1-5 of the above-listed standards.

Issued

Feb 7, 2022

Abate by

Mar 25, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $0 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 or about September 15, 2021, the guard on the side of the machine where the motor was located had been removed exposing the employee to moving parts for a minimum of two days.   b) On or about October 28, 2021, employees operating the Material Spreader were exposed to point of operation hazards in that the machine was not equipped with guards to protect employees from the ingoing pinch points on the wheels during travel and the pinch points hazards between the machine and right angle irons at the terminal ends of the fabric.

Issued

Feb 7, 2022

Abate by

Mar 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $8,702 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  a) On or about October 28, 2021, the employer did not provide training on the hazards of LOSPOC-241 copper ammonium carbonate (Corrosive), and  Basic Cupric Carbonate (Eye Irritation )  to exposed employees working with treated fabric on the spreader machine.   b) On or about November 17, 2021, the employer did not provide training on the hazards of LOSPOC-241 copper ammonium carbonate (Corrosive), and  Basic Cupric Carbonate (Eye Irritation )  to exposed employees applying the chemical to the fabric.

Issued

Feb 7, 2022

Abate by

Mar 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a) On or about October 28, 2021, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazards communication program at the workplace for employees working with, but not limited to, LOSPOC-241 copper ammonium carbonate (Corrosive), Basic Cupric Carbonate (Eye Irritation ).