OSHA Inspection: PROAMPAC PG PARENT LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

Issued

2024-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10140.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level.  a) On or about 09/09/2024, employer did not ensure that exit routes such as a fire exit (Exit#6) in the warehouse section of the building where warehouse employees stack pallets and boxes were free from obstruction in that there was a pallet with a polyethylene box filled with trash directly in front of the fire exit #6.

Issued

2024-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15211.00 · Current $7606.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.176(b): Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.  a) On or about a 09/09/2024, employer did not ensure employees storing and picking in the warehouse were protected against an unsecured stack of goods such as but not limited to a pallet of Bostik boxes leaning over the edge of another pallet of Bostik boxes in that the boxes were not stacked, blocked, interlocked, and limited in height.  b) On or about 09/09/2024, employer did not ensure employees storing and picking in the warehouse near a fire exit (#6) were stacked, blocked, interlocked, and limited in height to protect a stacked of a bundled material that was off center and leaning over the edge of another stacked bundle that it was set on top of.  c) On or about 09/09/2024, employer did not ensure employees working near fire exit 5 were protected against a stacked of industrial rolled papers that were placed on their sides on top of one another and not stacked, blocked, interlocked, and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.

Issued

2024-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $8338.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. 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.  a) On or about 09/27/2024, the employer did not ensure that employees wiping down plates during production on printing press #6 (Wolverine Model 61-2) were reaching over a rotating anilox roller spinning at 76.3RPM which had the barrier guard removed exposing the rotating parts.

Issued

2024-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12676.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.219(f)(1): Gears. Gears shall be guarded in accordance with one of the following methods:  (f)(1)(i) By a complete enclosure; or (f)(1)(ii) By a standard guard as described in paragraph (o) of this section, at least seven (7) feet high extending six (6) inches above the mesh point of the gears; or (f)(1)(iii) By a band guard covering the face of gear and having flanges extended inward beyond the root of the teeth on the exposed side or sides. Where any portion of the train of gears guarded by a band guard is less than six (6) feet from the floor a disk guard or a complete enclosure to the height of six (6) feet shall be required.  a) On or about 09/27/2024, the employer did not ensure that employees wiping down plates during production on printing press #6 (Wolverine Model 61-2) and using a two hand control to include a press in switch were not exposed to moving gears that created a nip point that was 12" away from the press in switch.

Issued

2024-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12676.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Flexible cords may be used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap. Hard-service cord and junior hard-service cord No. 14 and larger may be repaired if spliced so that the splice retains the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the cord being spliced.   a) On or about 09/09/2024, employer did not ensure that employees using a pendant attached to a Budgit 1/2 ton hoist on printing press 12 had a flexible cord continuous in length in that a section of the cable jacket directly above the pendent was missing and exposing the insulation of the conductors to damage of the 120V cable.

Issued

2024-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(b)(2): Each exit must be clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit."  a) On or about 09/09/2024, employer did not ensure that a fire exit sign in the production area (Exit #5) was clearly visible in that the sign was hanging by its cord, detached from the wall, and facing downward towards the ground.