OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN PAPER BAG, LLC

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $12,768 · Current $7,093 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(c): The employer did not provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces:  a) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to slip, trip, and fall hazards from the break in elevation on the flat handle/handle maker/bagger machine work platform on Production Line #904.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Penalty

Initial $14,895 · Current $11,916 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, lockout/tagout procedures were not utilized on Production Line #902, exposing employees to amputation hazards while troubleshooting a labeler.   CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $14,895 · Current $11,916 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  a) Printing Department - On or about April 7, 2025, an employee was exposed to splash hazards while mixing and transferring corrosive chemicals, including, but not limited to, SunVisto Power Scrub 65F Wash (polyethylene glycol and glycol ethers), and appropriate eyewash was not immediately accessible in the work area.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $14,895 · Current $9,457 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from the lack of effective guarding on the vertical forming rollers on Production Line #904.  b) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the delivery roller/conveyor roller on Production Line #904.   c) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the vertical forming rollers on Production Line #903.   d) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the delivery roller/conveyor roller on Production Line #903.   e) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the vertical forming rollers on Production Line #901.   f) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025m employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the delivery roller/conveyor roller on Production Line #901.   g) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the vertical forming rollers on Production Line #900.  h) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from no guarding on the delivery roller/conveyor roller on Production Line #900.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $14,895 · Current $11,916 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:  a) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from the lack of effective guarding on the horizontal longitudinal cut shaft on Production Line #904.  b) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from the lack of effective guarding on the horizontal longitudinal cut shaft on Production Line #903.  c) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from the lack of effective guarding on the horizontal longitudinal cut shaft on Production Line #901.  d) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to amputation hazards from the lack of effective guarding on the horizontal longitudinal cut shaft on Production Line #900.  ABATEMENT CERTICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $14,895 · Current $9,457 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 pounds per square inch (PSI):  a) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to injection hazards from their compressed air guns being higher than 30 PSI at Production Line #904.   b) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to injection hazards from their compressed air guns being higher than 30 PSI at Production Line #903.   c) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to injection hazards from their compressed air guns being higher than 30 PSI at Production Line #901.   d) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, employees are exposed to injection hazards from their compressed air guns being higher than 30 PSI at Production Line #900.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,384 · Current $5,107 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:  a) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, boxes and stacked pallets were obstructing an electrical panel which will limit access in an emergency.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,641 · Current $8,513 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the 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, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  a) Printing Area - On or about April 7, 2025, the hazardous chemical, WB 7627U Red (KR) (titanium dioxide) was transferred to secondary containers for use into five (5) gallon buckets near the Flexopress, and the employer did not ensure that each container was appropriately labeled, tagged, or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or a combination thereof.   b) Printing Area - On or about April 7, 2025, the hazardous chemical, SunVisto PowerScrub 65 F Wash (polyethylene glycol and glycol ethers) was transferred to secondary containers for use into spray bottles, and the employer did not ensure that each container was appropriately labeled, tagged, or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or a combination thereof.   c) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, the hazardous chemical, Technomelt 8390 (paraffin waxes and hydrocarbon waxes), was transferred to a secondary container for use near Production Line #903, and the employer did not ensure that each container was appropriately labeled, tagged, or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or a combination thereof.   d) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, the hazardous chemical, WD-40 (liquefied petroleum gas) was transferred to a secondary container for use into a spray bottle near Production Line #902, and the employer did not ensure that each container was appropriately labeled, tagged, or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or a combination thereof.   e) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, the hazardous chemical, WD-40 (liquefied petroleum gas) was transferred to a secondary container for use into a spray bottle near Production Line #900, and the employer did not ensure that each container was appropriately labeled, tagged, or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or a combination thereof.   ABATEMENT CERITIFCATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 18, 2025

Abate by

Jul 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii): Lockout devices and tagout devices were not singularly identified:  a) Production Area - On or about April 7, 2025, a 240-volt electrical disconnect had a lockout/tagout lock on it near Production Line #902, the line was not locked out, it was out of service, furthermore it didn't identify the person who placed the lock with a tag.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED