OSHA Inspection: PAGE MATERIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Issued

2023-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12055.00 · Current $7836.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.25(b)(3):(3) Stairs did not have uniform riser heights and tread depths between landings;    a) The Baler, Page Material Management, LLC dba Keith Titus Corporation, 2548 East Main St., Cato, NY 13033, on or about 10/29/2022: The employer permitted the use of (2) shop made stairs adjacent to the baler to allow access to the sides of the baler in order to conduct servicing and/or maintenance that did not have uniform riser heights and tread depths.  Abatement certification required on this citation.

Issued

2023-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14063.00 · Current $9141.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):Energy control program. The employer did not 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 is isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.  a) The Baler, Page Material Management, LLC dba Keith Titus Corporation, 2548 East Main St., Cato, NY 13033, on or about 10/29/2022: The employer permitted servicing and maintenance activities on equipment including, but not limited to, removing loose metal material from the piston area of the Baler while it was actively running, without establishing a lockout/tagout program inclusive of written energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections, to prevent serious injuries from the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy of the equipment.

Issued

2023-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $126570.00 · Current $82271.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of a machine whose operation exposed employees to injury was not guarded as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.   a) The Baler, Page Material Management, LLC dba Keith Titus Corporation, 2548 East Main St., Cato, NY 13033,  on or about 10/29/2023: Employee was attempting to clean the piston area of loose metal and was not able to remove their hand from the point of operation resulting in the amputation of their hand.