OSHA Inspection: UPS INC.

Issued

Jan 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $15,606 · Current $12,000 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) Local Sort - On or about August 29, 2024, the employer did not ensure that all places of employment, including passageways for employees loading trailers, were kept clean and orderly.  Shipping boxes and packages were in the passageways creating trip hazards.   No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Jan 28, 2025

Penalty

Initial $7,802 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): 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 was protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net systems, and/or personal fall protection systems, such as personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning systems:.  a) Local Sort - On or about August 29, 2024, the employer did not provide an effective means to prevent employees from falling four or more feet to the ground when walking on the Extendo conveyors, with the height ranging from 4 feet 1 inch to 4 feet 9 inches.   No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Jan 28, 2025

Abate by

May 4, 2026

Penalty

Initial $7,802 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) was not done in sequence to achieve energy control by performing the following steps as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6): 1.	Turn off and shut down power to the machinery, 2.	Physically locate and operate energy-isolating devices in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s), 3.	Affix lockout/tagout devices to each energy isolating device, 4.	Verify isolation and de-energization of machinery have been accomplished prior to starting the maintenance and/or servicing work:  a) Local Sort - On or about October 8, 2024, employees were exposed to machine hazards associated with moving parts and in going nip points while performing adjustments and realigning the Extendo conveyor. The employer did not implement energy control application steps as the machine was not shut down or deenergized to perform the adjustments [per the 1910.147(d)(2) requirements]. As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving dissipation machine isolation [(d)(3)], LOTO device application [(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [(d)(6)], were not implemented to protect employees from machine servicing hazards.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).