OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN BLUE RIBBON HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

Issued

2016-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall hazards when elevated by wooden pallets on a reach fork truck.    a) On or about September 22, 2015, employees lifted up approximately 20 feet above ground level on two stacked wooden pallets on a reach fork truck in order to re-palletize unstable loads of boxes containing frozen pies located on the top level of the racking system without using an approved lifting platform, operator-up high lift trucks or other safe means of elevation were exposed to fall hazards.    The wooden pallet(s) did not conform to the American National Standard ITSDF B56.1-2012, Safety Standard for Low and High Lift Trucks; section 4.17, Elevating Personnel, Only operator-up high lift trucks have been designed to lift personnel. If a work platform is used on trucks designed and intended for handling materials, the requirements in paragraph 4.17.2 and 4.17.3 shall be met for lifting personnel. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means to correct this hazard would be to: follow guidelines listed in ITSDF B56.1-2012, use a device that has been designed to lift personnel with an approved work platform or ensure that employees use an appropriate ladder or scissor lift.

Issued

2016-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Every open-sided floor or platform 4 feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level shall be guarded by a standard railing (or the equivalent as specified in paragraph (e)(3) of this section) on all open sides except where there is entrance to a ramp, stairway, or fixed ladder. The railing shall be provided with a toeboard wherever, beneath the open sides,      a.  On or about September 22, 2015,  in the freezer A/B aisle, employees working on the 4th level of the open racking system to re-palletize boxed pies were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 19 feet 9 inches from the concrete floor. The employer did not ensure that employees were protected by a standard guard railings working on an open sided platform more than four (4) feet above ground level. Employees were thereby exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

2016-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed 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 about October 14, 2015,  in the facility, employees were required to service and perform maintenance on bakery processing equipment,  including but not limited to, the Matiss Slicer. The employer did not establish an adequate program consisting of specific step-by-step energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure the equipment being serviced was isolated from the energy source(s) and rendered inoperative.

Issued

2016-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    a.  On or about October 13, 2015,  in the facility, employees were required to operate powered industrial trucks,  including a Raymond reach fork lift truck Model 740 R35TT,  during bakery, warehouse and shipping operations.  The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator completed the required training and evaluation specified in paragraph (l).

Issued

2016-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):     a. On or about October 14, 2015,  in the packaging room,  employee(s) were required to use a Matiss slicer equipped with a guillotine blade to cut frozen pies and brownies.  The glass door guard on the slicer had been removed and was not present.  The magnetic safety switch had been removed from the glass door and attached with a plastic zip tie to the mating switch sensor. This  allowed the safety interlock to be bypassed and the machine to cycle without the glass door guard in place. Employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with an unguarded point of operation during operating cycle(s).