OSHA Inspection: BLACKBURN MANUFACTURING CO.

Issued

2022-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8702.00 · Current $6000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.141(g)(2): Employees were permitted to consume food or beverage in area(s) exposed to toxic materials:  The employer was failing to protect employees from health hazards such as but not limited to carcinogens. This was most recently documented on October 27, 2022 at the Blackburn Manufacturing Facility located at 908 West Highway 275, Neligh, Nebraska. The employer is allowing employees to eat and drink at their working station when working with and/or near printing ink.

Issued

2022-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7252.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(4)(iii):An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  The employer was failing to protect employees from struck by hazards. This was most recently documented on October 27, 2022 at the Blackburn Manufacturing Company Inc. located at 908 West Highway 275, Neligh, Nebraska. Employees who operate forklifts at the facility have not been re-evaluated on a tri-annual basis.

Issued

2022-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(p)(1):Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition  The employer was failing to protect employees from struck by hazards. This was most recently documented on October 27, 2022 at the Blackburn Manufacturing Company Inc. located at 908 West Highway 275, Neligh, Nebraska. The forklift used in the shipping and receiving area, model 2ET2500 Caterpillar Forklift   S/N FN432278, was found to have a faulty seatbelt and was not taken out of service.

Issued

2022-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii):Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s)  The employer was failing to protect employees from laceration and amputations hazards. This was most recently documented on October 27, 2022 at the Blackburn Manufacturing Company Inc. located at 908 West Highway 275, Neligh, Nebraska. Employees operating the plastic cutting machines are exposed to unguarded cylinders which may potentially pull employee's aprons into the machines and the accompanying razor blades attached to the machine.

Issued

2022-12-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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  The employer is failing to protect employees from chemical hazards. This was most recently documented on October 27, 2022 at the Blackburn Manufacturing Company Inc. located at 908 West Highway 275, Neligh, Nebraska. Employees are using unmarked containers of ink in the main production room which contain several different color variations of printing ink by Sun Chemical Corporation.