OSHA Inspection: POLYFILL, LLC

Issued

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toe board;     a.)    Polyfill, LLC. located at 960 N. Vandemark Rd. Sidney, OH; On or about January 27, 2016, the employer did not assure employees were protected while operating the Rossendale Line #1 Roll Winder. Employees are required to stand on a platform and wait for the roll winder conveyor to stop, exposing them to fall hazards into the moving conveyor.

Issued

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.)    Polyfill, LLC. located at 960 N. Vandemark Rd. Sidney, OH; On or about January 27, 2016, the employer did not assure employees were protected while starting a new roll of material on the Rossendale Line #1 Roll Winder. Employees are required to stand on a platform and use tape to attach material to an empty roll. Once the material is attached, they hold the tape and material as the roll starts moving, exposing them to a nip point between the roller and the material.