OSHA Inspection: MILLWOOD, INC.

Issued

Apr 28, 2022

Abate by

Jun 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $8,806 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(c)(1):  The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.  NOTE: Proper application of the decision flow chart in Appendix A to section 1910.146 would facilitate compliance with this requirement.  In November 2021, at an establishment located at 2191 American Boulevard, in De Pere, Wisconsin; the employer did not perform a permit-required confined space evaluation prior to allowing employees to enter the dock pit during service and maintenance work on the dock leveler equipment.  Employees were exposed to crushing hazards working under the raised dock plate.

Issued

Apr 28, 2022

Abate by

Jun 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(c)(2):  If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.   At an establishment located at 2191 American Boulevard, in De Pere, Wisconsin; the employer did not inform employees of the permit-required confined spaces in the workplace including the loading dock pits by posting danger signs or by an other equally effective means.  NOTE:  A sign reading DANGER -- PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.

Issued

Apr 28, 2022

Abate by

Jun 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(c)(4):  If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.  In November 2021, at an establishment located at 2191 American Boulevard, in De Pere, Wisconsin; employees were assigned service and maintenance work inside loading dock pits (permit-required confined spaces) for the dock leveler equipment.  Employees worked under the dock plates removing debris and perform semi-annual dock preventative maintenance.  The employer did not develop and implement a permit-required confined space entry program that ensured compliance with all of the applicable elements under 1910.146(d) such as, but not limited to: a. Procedures to prevent unauthorized entry. b. Procedures to identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces. c. Procedures necessary for safe permit space entry operations (applicable conditions for entry, providing entrants or their representatives with the opportunity to observe monitoring or testing of permit spaces, ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards, protection from external hazards, and verifying that conditions are acceptable for entry throughout duration of entry). d. Procedures for providing testing and monitoring equipment and rescue and entry equipment. e. Procedures for evaluating permit space conditions when entry operations are conducted (testing and monitoring).  f. Procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue. g. Procedures for preparing, issuing, using, and canceling entry permits. h. Procedures for reviewing and revising entry operations. i. Procedures for reviewing and revising the permit space program.

Issued

Apr 28, 2022

Abate by

Jun 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   In November 2021, at an establishment located at 2191 American Boulevard, in De Pere, Wisconsin; the employer did not develop energy control procedures prior to allowing employees to enter the dock pit during service and maintenance work on the dock leveler equipment.  Employees were exposed to crushing hazards working under the raised dock plate.

Issued

Apr 28, 2022

Abate by

May 26, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,044 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(p)(1):  If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.  On or about February 9, 2022, at an establishment located at 2191 American Boulevard, in De Pere, Wisconsin; the #2 Toyota propane forklift, Model:  8FGCU20, S/N:  82320, had damage to the rear right and left tires while still in service exposing employees to  tip-over or loss of the load.

Issued

Apr 28, 2022

Abate by

May 26, 2022

Penalty

Initial $8,806 · 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.   On or about February 9, 2022, at an establishment located at 2191 American Boulevard, in De Pere, Wisconsin; in the Sorting Area; the Smetco Up Ender which positioned pallets from a vertical stacked position to horizontal stacked position exposed employees to unguarded pinch and caught between hazards created by the up ender, horizontal pallet de-stacker, and clamping mechanism.