OSHA Inspection: REVOLUTIONARY CLINICS II, INC.

Issued

2023-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $10000.00 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: 1 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, MA:  On and before April 27, 2023, the employer had not established an energy control program to protect employees and outside contractors who performed maintenance and servicing activities on machines, including but not limited to the Baker Perkins depositor machine .   *Abatement Notes:  Energy control procedures are required to be documented for all multiple-energy source machines.   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 *Abatement notes are intended only to provide clarity regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.  Abatement notes do not create (or diminish) legal obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act

Issued

2023-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:   1 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, MA:  On and before April 24, 2023, employees removed the underside panel of the Baker Perkins depositor machine to clean the drive chain without isolating and locking the energy source.   On April 24, 2023,  an employee received an amputation injury while cleaning the Baker Perkins depositor machine.

Issued

2023-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2232.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(1):29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1) The employer did not electronically submit an establishment that had 250 or more employees during the previous calendar year and was required to keep Work-Related Injuries and Illness records.  The employer had not submitted information from their OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee 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 (for example, 2019 for the 2018 form). 1 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, MA:  On April 27, 2023, at the start of the inspection, the employer had not electronically submitted their 2022 information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by the required March 2, 2023 date.