OSHA Inspection: LOGAN RECYCLING, LLC

Issued

2019-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $6497.00 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 August 29, 2019, the employer did not have a lock out program for the control of the hazardous energy, which includes machine specific procedures, training, and periodic inspections, while performing work such as, but not limited to, maintenance on the grinders and compactors.  Failure to lock out the energy sources while these tasks are being performed exposes employees to serious injuries.

Issued

2019-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $4641.00 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 August 29, 2019, the employer did not ensure baler #1 was adequately guarded.  The interlocked gate was not functioning exposing operators to crushing hazards.