OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN APPAREL, INC. CENTRE

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6819.00 · Current $4091.00 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 May 13, 2019 - Fusion, Cutting, and Sewing Departments, equipment such as, but not limited to, the fabric and plastic balers, fusion machines, Gerber Cutter XLC, and Spreader Feed Rails 2-5 were not included in the employer's lockout/tagout program.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6819.00 · Current $4091.00 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) On or about May 13, 2019 - Fusion Department, Warehouse Area, and Embroidery Department, employees were exposed to caught-in and struck-by hazards when rollers and belts on the fusion machines, grippers/stackers on the fusion machines, fabric defect detection machines, back side of the embroidery press, and foot pedals were not guarded.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 May 13, 2019 - Embroidery Department, an employee was exposed to struck-by hazards when the press was not guarded to prevent the operator's hands from being struck by the machine.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven 7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Fusion Department, employees were exposed to caught-in hazards when the chains and sprockets at the exit end of the green and blue fusion machines were not guarded.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5115.00 · Current $3069.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Fusion Department, employees were exposed to caught-by hazards when the shaft on the belt conveyor next to the Multistar fusion press projected more than one-half the diameter of the shaft.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(a)(3): The sides and face sections nip points of the drive belt(s) and pulley(s) of textile machinery were not guarded by a guard which extended at least six inches beyond the rim of the pulley on the in-running and off-running sides of the belt and at least two inches away from the rim and face of the pulley in all other directions:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Fusion Department, employees were exposed to caught-in hazards when belts and pulleys on the blue Multistar fusion machine were not guarded.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5115.00 · Current $3069.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Sewing Area, employees were exposed to electrical hazards when junction boxes that were designed for use when mounted to a wall were used for suspended applications.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Sewing Area, employees were exposed to electrical hazards when there were no caps/covers on holes created when knockouts were removed in electrical junction boxes.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1701.00 · Current $1021.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Warehouse and Cutting Room Storage Area, employees were exposed to fire hazards when there were no exit signs visible in the warehouse or the cutting area storage room.  The exit signs in the warehouse were not visible due to the locations of the racks and stored materials.  There were no exits in the cutting area storage room and there were no signs directing employees to the fabric unroll area.  American Apparel, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1342568, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 3/4/2019, with respect to a workplace located at 800 Cedar Bluff Road, Centre, AL.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(h)(3): Outdoor exit route(s) were not reasonably straight and did not have smooth, solid, substantially level walkways:  (a) On or about May 13, 2019 - Near Fusion Department, employees were exposed to fire hazards when the soil outside "EXIT" door 28 had washed away.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) On or about May 13, 2019 - Sewing Area, Fabric Lay Down Area, Warehouse Area, access to electrical breaker boxes and 240 volt equipment disconnects were blocked when materials were stored in front of them.