OSHA Inspection: BEONTAG, USA

Issued

2025-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $8000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.145(e)(2): Nature of wording. The wording of any sign should be easily read and concise. The sign should contain sufficient information to be easily understood. The wording should make a positive, rather than negative suggestion and should be accurate in fact.  a) On or about January 8th, 2025, the employer did not provide maintenance labels and instructions labels where its wording was easily read and concise.  Both the Coater and the Slitter equipment including the operating control panel, maintenance labels and/or equipment instructions were in Portuguese. At both The Coater BMB03 and the Slitter, employees including operators and maintenance were not aware of what the labels said because they do not speak nor read Portuguese.

Issued

2025-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $8000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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.  a) On or before January 08, 2025, the employer did not develop and document a hazardous energy control program to include specific energy control procedures, employee training on specific energy control procedures, and periodic inspections to ensure that prior to performing changes of paper roll and/or while conducting repairs to equipment including the Slitter and the Coater exposing employees to caught-in hazards.

Issued

2025-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. 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: (d)(1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.  (d)(2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.  (d)(3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).  (d)(4) Lockout or tagout device application. Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.  (d)(5) Stored energy. Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe.  (d)(6) Verification of isolation. Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee shall verify that isolation and de-energization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.   a) On or before January 08, 2025, the employer did not ensure employees controlled the hazardous energy of both the Slitter and the Coater utilizing sequence (d)(1) through (d)(6) while removing a full roll of paper once its complete and installing a cardboard roll to restart the process, also during repairs, installing/replacing of mechanical pieces and maintenance; exposing employees to caught-in hazards.

Issued

2025-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1328.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks shall be examined before being placed in service, and shall not be placed in service if the examination shows any condition adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle. Such examination shall be made at least daily. Where industrial trucks are used on a round-the-clock basis, they shall be examined after each shift. Defects when found shall be immediately reported and corrected.  a) On or about January 08, 2025 employer did not ensure that the industrial trucks including the Crown - Model CGC35BCS-9; Caterpillar - Model GC40K; Mitsubishi - Model FGC25N; and Caterpillar - Model 2C5000 were inspected before being placed into service on a daily basis.