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OSHA Inspection: GRANDE CHEESE COMPANY

Complaint inspection · Health discipline

At a glance

On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of GRANDE CHEESE COMPANY in 246 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE, FOND DU LAC, WI 54935 (NAICS 311513). OSHA activity number 347004335.

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Where did this inspection happen?

Establishment
GRANDE CHEESE COMPANY
Site address
246 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE
City
FOND DU LAC
State
WI
ZIP
54935
Mailing
246 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE, FOND DU LAC, WI 54935

What kind of inspection was it?

Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
B

When did the case open and close?

Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded

Establishment context

NAICS code
311513
Employees
146
Ownership type
A

Citations

8 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.132 D01 I

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $10775.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(1)(i):  The employer shall select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment:  On or about December 20, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; the employer did not select and have Sanitation employees wear face shields while conducting sanitation operations that utilized caustic chemicals in COP tanks and during the spray application of sanitizing foam. The employer's PPE Hazard Assessment evaluated cleaning processes which could generate chemical splashing/irritating mists and identified safety goggles with face shield as protection needed. However, the employer did not require employees to wear face shields during cleaning operations.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $10775

1910.133 A01

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.133(a)(1):  The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    On or about December 20, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; the employer did not ensure that Sanitation employees used appropriate eye and face protection when exposed to caustic liquids. Sanitation employees did not wear face shields while conducting sanitation operations that utilized caustic chemicals in COP tanks and during the spray application of sanitizing foam.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.147 C07 I

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $16131.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(7)(i):  The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees:   On or about December 20, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Dr., Fond du Lac, WI 54935; the employer did not provide training to ensure that employees:  a) Understood the purpose and function of the energy control program. Employees did not receive training to implement lockout/tagout when conducting servicing in the form of sanitation on the Line 4 Scale Infeed conveyor.  b) Acquired the knowledge and skills required for the safe application and usage of energy controls. Employees did not received training to verify that isolation and deenergization of the machines had been accomplished when employees conducted servicing and maintenance of cheese processing equipment, in the form of sanitation, on machines such as but not limited to the Line 4 Cuber machine and Line 4 Z-belt machine.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $16131

1910.147 D

Serious Gravity 10 3 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $9678.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d):  The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:  On or about December 20, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; employees were exposed to machine hazards associated with moving parts when they engaged in sanitation procedures:  b)  The employer did not ensure that employees implemented energy control application steps or equipment protective measures prior to allowing them to clean and sanitize the Line 4 Scale Infeed Conveyor that fed the Line 4 scales above the RapidPak machine. Sanitation employees used water hoses and their hands to wash the energized and operating conveyor belt in the areas immediately adjacent to the tail pulley's ingoing nip point and the head pulley's ingoing nip point. The machine was not deenergized prior to the employees engaging in the servicing and maintenance activities.  c) The employer did not ensure that employees implemented verification of isolation and deenergization prior to allowing them to clean and sanitize the Line 4 Z-belts machine. A Sanitation employee isolated and locked out the Z-belt machine; however, the employee did not attempt to start the machine after applying his lock and before conducting sanitation work. The machine was not verified to be isolated and deenergized prior to employees engaging in the servicing and maintenance activities.  As a result, the applicable energy control elements, involving preparation for shutdown [1910.147(d)(1)], machine shutdown [1910.147(d)(2)], machine isolation [1910.147(d)(3)], lockout/tagout device application [1910.147(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [1910(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [1910.147(d)(6)] were not implemented to protect employees from machine hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $9678
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.212 A01

Serious Gravity 5 3 instances 5 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $10775.00 · Current $6465.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1):  One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.:  On or about December 14, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; machine guarding was not provided to protect operators and other employees in the machine areas from hazards such as, but not limited to:  a)  On Dice/Shred packaging lines 1, 3, and 4; ingoing nip points presented by the clear rubberized conveyors located immediately downstream of the check weigher equipment, which exposed employees to amputation hazards where the conveyors ran over powered pullies.  b)  On the Slice Line at the Multivac; ingoing nip points presented by the blue conveyor immediate downstream of the end of the Multivac machine, which exposed employees to amputation hazards where the conveyor ran over the head pulley at the side of the belt and via a hole in the center of the belt.  c)  On the Triangle line; ingoing nip points presented by the blue rubberized conveyor on the underside of the conveyor's tail pulley, at the underside of the lower return bend pulley, and at the underside of the carry-side top bend pulley above the scale platform, which exposed employees to amputation hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $6465
  • — Z (S) $10775

1910.212 A03 II

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle:  On or about December 14, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; point of operation hazards presented by the Packaging Aids Corporation bag sealer (Model PVS-GA36, S# GA94120-170961) were not guarded. The foot pedal actuated device did not have means to prevent employees' hands from entering the danger zone during the operating cycle exposing employees to caught-between and thermal hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.219 C02 I

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.219(c)(2)(i):  All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires:  On or about October 2, 2023, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; the employer did not enclose or guard all exposed parts of horizontal shafting less than seven feet above the floor. Horizontal shafts on the conveyors that fed the cubing machines on Lines 1, 2, and 4 were not enclosed and exposed employees loading cheese on the conveyors to entanglement hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.1200 F06 II

Other-than-serious Gravity 1 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $6464.00 · Current $3857.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6)(ii):  The employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with 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, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  On or about December 20, 2024, at a facility located at 246 Trowbridge Drive in Fond du Lac, WI; the employer did not ensure that Clean Out of Place (COP) tanks were labeled, tagged, or marked with information to conveyor the identity of the chemical within nor with the physical and health hazards of the chemical.  The COP tank at Line 4 was not labeled to identify that the chemical Chloro Clean No. 269 was contained in the tank, nor was the tank labeled to inform of the corrosive hazards of the chemical.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $3857
  • — Z (S) $6464

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This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 347004335.