OSHA Inspection: AMERIPACK SOLUTION, LLC

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $5,076 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) On or about May 3, 2022 at the facility, an energy control program was not developed and implemented for employees performing servicing and maintenance tasks such as, but not limited to, the initial setup on extruders and thermoforming machines.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Abate by

Nov 9, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $2,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck:   a) On or about May 3, 2022 at the facility,  employees operating forklifts such as, but not limited to, Toyota (Model: 7FBEU20) had not  received forklift training.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Abate by

Oct 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,176 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:  a) On or about May 3, 2022, a written hazard communication program was not implemented at the workplace where employees were working with chemicals such as, but not limited to, degreasers.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Abate by

Oct 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6)(ii):  Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical  a) On or about May 3, 2022, where several plastic spray bottles containing degreasers were not labeled with identity of contents or hazard warnings.

Issued

Oct 11, 2022

Abate by

Oct 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,450 · Current $725 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.4(a):The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.    a) On or about May 3, 2022, a work-related injury was not recorded on the 2022 OSHA 300 Log where an employee's arm was caught between two rotating rollers while feeding foam sheets into the Winder.