OSHA Inspection: MID-TOWN FAVORITE BEEF, LLC

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Abate by

Jan 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $2,901 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:   87 Water St, Fitchburg, MA: On November 9, 2022 and at times prior, the employer had not established an energy control program to protect employees and outside contractors who performed maintenance and servicing activities on company machinery.  Abatement Notes:  Energy control procedures are required to be  documented for all multiple-energy source machines including the Multivac R085.  Energy control training is required to be documented and provided for all employees who are, or may be, in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized.  A periodic inspection shall include the following elements:  - Appointment of an authorized employee to inspect each local procedure for inaccuracies during an actual energy control task - A review by inspector with each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under each energy control procedure they are authorized to use - Certification that the periodic inspections have been performed by identifying the machines or equipment on which the energy control procedures were being utilized, the dates of the inspections, the employees included in the inspections, and the persons performing the inspections

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Abate by

Jan 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $2,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not 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:  87 Water St, Fitchburg, MA:  On November 9, 2022 and at times prior, employees who operated the Biro meat cutting band saw only adjusted the blade guard to two inches above the meat to be cut, exposing themselves to that unguarded portion of the blade above the meat to be cut.