OSHA Inspection: ADVANCED FOOD PRODUCTS, LLC

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,279 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.7(b)(3):The employer did not correctly classify the following work-related injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.   a. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer failed to document on the 2021 OSHA 300 form that case 04-2021 was a lost work day in column H, the employer classified it as other recordable case despite the employee having missed 10 days of work due to the injury.  b. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer failed to document on the 2021 OSHA 300 form that case 05-2021 was a lost work day in column H, the employer classified it as job restriction/transfer despite the employee having missed 24 days of work due to the injury.  c. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer failed to document on the 2021 OSHA 300 form that case 06-2021 was a lost work day in column H, the employer did not classify the injury as lost work time  despite the employee having missed 133 days of work due to the injury.  Corrected During Inspection - No Abatement Required

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.7(b)(3)(i):The employer did not begin counting days away on the day after the injury occurred:  a. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer failed to document on the 2022 OSHA 300 form that case 04-2021 was a lost work day in column H, the employer noted in Column K that the number of days away was "?".  Corrected During Inspection - No Abatement Required

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4):  Recording a work-related injury or illness that results in restricted work or job transfer.  When an injury or illness involves restricted work or job transfer but did not involve death or days away from work, the employer did not record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for job transfer or restriction and an entry of the number of restricted or transferred days in the restricted work column.   a. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer failed to document on the 2021 OSHA 300 form that case 11-2021 was a job transfer or restriction case noted in column (l) , the employer however failed to document in column (L) the total days of transfer/restriction.   Corrected During Inspection - No Abatement Required

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,279 · Current $2,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(1):What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? the employer failed to enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness as prescribed in the example headers of each column of the OSHA form 300.   a. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employers 2021 OSHA 300 form did not have the business information entered to include the establishment name, city  and state.  b. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employers 2021 OSHA 300 form case 11-2021 did not identify where the event occurred in column (E).  c. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employers 2021 OSHA 300 form cases 01-2021, 02-2021, 03-2021, 04-2021, 05-2021, 06-2021, 07-2021, 08-2021, 09-2021, 10-2021, 11-2021, and 12-2021 did not identify what caused the injury as described in column (F).  d. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employers 2021 OSHA 300 form cases 11-2021 and 12-2021 did not identify in column (M) if it were an injury, skin disorder, respiratory condition, poisoning, hearing loss or all other illnesses.  e. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employers 2022 OSHA 300 form did not have the business information entered to include the establishment name, city  and state.  f. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employers 2022 OSHA 300 form cases 01-2021, 02-2021, 03-2021, and 04-2021 did not identify what caused the injury as described in column (F).  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,279 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(2):The employer did not fill out or correctly fill out an OSHA Form 301 or equivalent for each recordable injury or illness.  a. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer had failed to fill out a 301 or equivalent for case 01-2021 on the OSHA 300 form which occurred on 3/10/22, the following requisite information was missing, employees address, date of birth, gender, name of physician or health care professional, name of facilities that provided treatment, log/case #, employees start time, what the employee was doing just before the accident, and extent of the injury.  b. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer had failed to fill out a 301 or equivalent for  case 02-2021 on the OSHA 300 form which occurred on 3/22/22, the following requisite information was missing, employees address, date of birth, gender, name of physician or health care professional, name of facilities that provided treatment, log/case #, employees start time, what the employee was doing just before the accident, and extent of the injury.  c. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer had failed to fill out a 301 or equivalent for case 03-2021 on the OSHA 300 form which occurred on 4/10/22, the following requisite information was missing, employees address, date of birth, gender, name of physician or health care professional, name of facilities that provided treatment, log/case #, employees start time, what the employee was doing just before the accident, and extent of the injury.  d. Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer had failed to fill out a 301 or equivalent for  case 04-2021 on the OSHA 300 form which occurred on 6/2/22, the following requisite information was missing, employees address, date of birth, gender, name of physician or health care professional, name of facilities that provided treatment, log/case #, employees start time, what the employee was doing just before the accident, and extent of the injury.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,279 · Current $2,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.32(b)(1):The employer did not review the OSHA 300 Log entries as extensively as necessary to make sure the entries were complete and correct:  Recordkeeping - On or about June 9, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the 300 and subsequent 300A form were complete and correct,   a) The employer indicated four (4) lost work days cases despite actually having seven (7) cases.   b)  The employer indicated two (2) job transfer cases despite actually having one (1) case.   c) The employer indicated four (4) other recordable cases despite actually having three (3) cases.   d) The employer indicated the total days of transfer restriction were zero (0) despite there being 15 days.   e) The employer indicated the number of injuries under section (M) was nine (9), despite having 11 injuries.   Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,279 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2) Annual electronic submission of OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by establishments with 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.  Located at the Advanced Food Products, 175 W. Jackson Street, New Holland PA: On or about June 6, 2022, the employer failed during calendar year 2022, to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by 03/02/2022.  a). The establishment employed 220 employees and is classified 311513 during calendar year 2021. The employer failed to submit the electronic submission for calendar year 2021, on or before March 2, 2022.  Corrected During Inspection - No Abatement Required