OSHA Inspection: CARLISLE PACKAGING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Abate by

May 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $8,067 · Current $4,000 Reduced

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OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm, including severe burns, to employees in that the facility, processes, and equipment, including the scrap/dust collection system, were not designed, constructed, equipped, and located, to protect employees from fire and explosion hazards:  (a) Main Building - On or about March 12, 2024, the pneumatic system for corrugated scrap and dust collection did not have measures to protect employees from combustible dust fire and explosion hazards, in that:  ? The enclosureless dust collector, located inside the building in the baler and shredder area, did not meet all required criteria for an enclosureless dust collector, including, but not limited to, having a maximum air flow capacity not greater than 5,000 cfm, having a location at least 20 ft (6.1 m) from any area routinely occupied by personnel, and getting emptied at least daily. ? Combustible particulate solids and combustible dusts passed through the pneumatic collection system's fans/blowers. ? No magnetic separators or other means existed to prevent tramp metal from entering the pneumatic collection system, including at the floor sweep near the baler.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Abate by

Jun 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:   (a) Main Building, Baler and Shredder Area - Employees emptied cardboard dust (a Class II combustible dust) from the enclosureless dust collection bags.  This operation has the potential for creating a combustible dust cloud, and not all electrical installations in the vicinity were safe (dust-tight) for a Class II Division 2 hazardous area, including, but not limited to, the main disconnect panel on the rear of the Balemaster baler because this panel had open screw holes that would permit combustible dust to enter the panel, exposing employees to the hazards of fire and explosion, on or about March 12, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,485 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following methods: (A) Guardrail systems; (B) Safety net systems; or (C) Personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning systems:  (a) Mezzanine for Fans/Blowers - Employees worked on the mezzanine to service and maintain fan/blower equipment associated with the pneumatic collection system.  The mezzanine's existing guardrail system had a missing section on the westward facing side of the mezzanine toward the south end, exposing employees to the hazard of falling 13 feet 4 inches to the plant floor below, on or about March 12, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,485 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each employee was protected from falling through any hole (including skylights) that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level by one or more of the following methods: (A) Covers; (B) Guardrail systems; (C) Travel restraint systems; or (D) Personal fall arrest systems:   (a) Mezzanine for Fans/Blowers - Employees worked on the mezzanine to service and maintain fan/blower equipment associated with the pneumatic collection system.  The grating that comprised the mezzanine platform had an opening, toward the south end, exposing employees to the hazard of falling 13 feet 4 inches to the plant floor below, on or about March 12, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,485 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.29(b)(2): The employer did not ensure that guardrail systems met the requirement that  midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent intermediate members that are installed between the walking-working surface and the top edge of the guardrail system as follows when there is not a wall or parapet that is at least 21 inches (53 cm) high:  (a) Warehouse 2 - The landing platform at the top of the fixed stairs leading to the storage area above the office had a railing that did not meet guardrail system requirements in that the existing railing consisted of a top rail only with no midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent intermediate members, exposing employees to the hazard of falling 10 feet to the plant floor below, on or about March 13, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.29(f)(4): The employer did not ensure that no opening in a stair rail system exceeded 19 inches (48 cm) at its least dimension:   (a) Warehouse 2 - The fixed stairs with 10 risers had openings in the stair rail system on the right side going down in that the existing the stair rail systems consisted of a top rail only with no midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent intermediate members, exposing employees to the hazard of falling up to 10 feet to the plant floor below, on or about March 13, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Abate by

Aug 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $8,067 · Current $4,000 Reduced

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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:  (a) Main Building - Machine-specific lockout/tagout procedures included only electrical energy.  Some machinery had multiple energy sources, including, but not limited to, the Balemaster baler, which had electrical energy and hydraulic energy and the AG Stacker, model AGS2000, serial number 05-060043, which had electrical energy and potential energy (with the discharge end in a raised position).  As a result, the existing machine-specific lockout/tagout procedures did not include steps for where and how to de-energize, dissipate, and lockout/tagout the other energy sources, exposing employees to caught-in and struck-by hazards, on or about March 12, 2024.  (b) Main Building, Finishing Department - Employees performed servicing and maintenance activities, including, but not limited to, set up, on the Post 84-inch folder/gluer, and the employer did not develop and document a machine-specific lockout/tagout procedure for this machinery, exposing employees to caught-in and struck-by hazards on or about March 12, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Abate by

Jun 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:   (a) Carlisle Packaging Company, Inc. dba Carlisle Container Company, 750 Claremont Road, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - The employer did not conduct an annual periodic inspection of lockout/tagout procedures, exposing employees to caught-in and struck-by hazards on or about March 12, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Abate by

Jun 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:   (a) Main Building, Rotary Die Cutter Line - Employees performed maintenance and servicing work, such as unjamming, on the AG Stacker, model AGS2000, serial number 05-060043, which included standing on a floor level powered (but not moving) roller conveyor, and did not use lockout/tagout, exposing employees to hazards including, but not limited to, caught-in and struck-by, on or about March 12, 2024.  (b) Main Building, Finishing Department - Employees performed servicing and maintenance activities, including, but not limited to, set up, on the Post 84-inch folder/gluer, and did not use lockout/tagout, exposing employees to caught-in and struck-by hazards, on or about March 12, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Abate by

Aug 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,453 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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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:   (a) Main Building, Rotary Die Cutter Line - The AG Stacker, model AGS2000, serial number 05-060043, did not have any guarding to prevent employees from going under the lowering machine deck and hopper, exposing employees to getting struck-by and caught under the lowering machine deck, on or about March 12, 2024.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and state employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,453 · Current $4,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rests on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:  (a) Main Building, Maintenance Shop - The employer had the work rest on the abrasive wheel on the right side of the Dayton pedestal grinder, model 1Z707Y, adjusted to greater than one eighth inch from the wheel, exposing employees to a struck-by hazard, on or about March 12, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

May 30, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guards for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine were not constructed so that the peripheral protecting members could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheels:  (a) Main Building, Maintenance Shop - Neither abrasive wheel on the Dayton pedestal grinder, model 1Z707Y, had a tongue guard, exposing employees to a struck-by hazard, on or about March 12, 2024.  No abatement certification or documentation required.