OSHA Inspection: WAUPACA NORTHWOODS LLC

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9376.00 · Current $4688.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.  a) On February 23, 2023 and prior to; dust accumulations measuring at least four inches in depth was present on the top of bagging equipment. electrical box cabinets, and horizontal structural members throughout the building. The ceiling above the Auto Line has visibly bowed down due to excess weight from dust and product accumulations.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4687.00 · Current $2344.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  a) Production Building, Autoline Platform: On February 23, 2023 and prior to; employees accessing an unguarded Autoline platform to monitor the conveyor are exposed to falls from 7 feet.    b) Production Building: On February 23, 2023 and prior to; employees stacking product bags from the bagging elevator were exposed falls from 6 feet.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7813.00 · Current $3907.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:   a) West Side of Production Building: On February 23, 2023 and at times prior to; an exit door was locked.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9376.00 · Current $4688.00 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 February 23, 2023, and prior to; forklift operators did not receive formal instruction in both a language and vocabulary employees could easily understand prior to operating forklifts. Forklifts are used to maneuver pallets of bagged potting and garden soils, bark, mulches and decorative stone from the bagging stations to staging areas on the interior and exterior of the production building.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(q)(1): Any power-operated industrial truck not in safe operating condition was not taken out of service, and/or repairs were not made by authorized personnel:   a) On February 23, 2023, and prior to; multiple forklifts were found to be in need of repair during daily inspections but had not been taken out of service. Forklifts are used by employees to move pallets of bagged potting and garden soils, bark, mulches and decorative stone from the bagging stations to staging areas on the interior and exterior of the production building.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10938.00 · Current $5469.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:  a) On February 23, 2023 and at times prior to; the rotating shaft on the outer edge of the bagging conveyor belt protruded into the immediate work area of employees operating the Auto Line machine and/or assisting with bagging operations.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1562.00 · Current $781.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.40(a):The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours.  a) On February 22, 2023, the employer did not provide certified copies of the OSHA 300As and 300s to an OSHA Compliance Officer for reporting years 2018-2022 within four business hours.

Issued

2023-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $877.00 · Current $439.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a) On February 23, 2023 and at times prior to; employees operating forklifts, performing housekeeping duties, and operating bagging machinery to include the Autoline and Manual Line, voluntarily wore N95 masks to prevent inhaling nuisance dust from agricultural soil mixes, fertilizers, potting mixes, decorative barks, decorative rocks and peat moss.