OSHA Inspection: PLANTATION PRODUCTS LLC

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7634.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) with defect(s) or in any way unsafe had not been withdrawn from service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    Warehouse:    A strobe light of the Crown Reach Truck was out.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:  Worksite:  The employer did not inspect the Crown Reach Truck daily.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7634.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2): Guard(s) on machine(s) were not affixed to the machine or secured elsewhere when attachment to the machine was not possible:    Seed Room:    1) The top rear guards of the Hollar Machines are not secured to the machine.     2) A guard for Hollar Machine #2 was not latched closed.     3) A cover was off the side of the #1 Hollar machine exposing the operator to contact with cams.     4) A guard for the geared shaft of the #11 Hollar Machine was not latched closed.     5) The sheet metal at the top of the #13 Hollar Machine was not secured.     6) A side cover for the #15 Hollar Machine was not latched.     7) Cover guards for the Haller 31 seed machine were not secured to the machine.    8) The plexiglas top of the #24 Haller Machine was not secured to prevent an employee from lifting the cover off.    9) The top guard of the Haller 19 Machine was not secured to the machine.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7634.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    Packaging Dept.     A belt and pulley drive of a rotary seed packaging machine was not guarded.    Boxer Area:    A pulley and belt drive of the 2 oz boxer was not guarded.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9543.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    Seed Room:    The chain and sprocket wheel drive of the #2 Bartell Seed Packing Machine was not completely enclosed by a guard.     Dirt Line:    A chain and sprocket wheel drive at the 2 oz boxes line was not adequately guarded.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9543.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):    Seed Room:    1) The cover of an electrical box for the #15 Haller Machine was opened.     2) The cover of the electrical control panel of the Bartell 3 Seed Packing Machine was opened.     3) The cover of the electrical control panel of the Bartell 2 Seed Packing Machine was not closed and latched.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $19085.00 · Current $7000.00 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:    Seed Dept.:    1) The swing arms of the Hollar Machines that transfer packs and drops them were not guarded.     2) The #2 Hollar Machine had a guard open ezposing moving parts and pinchpoints.     3) The #1 Hollar Machine had a cover open exposing cam pinchpoints.    4) The rotary table of the  #12 Haller Machine was not adequately guarded.    5) The side cover of Haller Machine #15 was open exposing moving parts.    6) The Haller 31 machine had covers off exposing employees to pinchpoints and moving parts.    7)  A guard for the Haller #24 Machine was on the floor exposing employees to cams and swinging arms.    8) The Haller 17 Seed Machine had one guard missing exposing employees to moving parts.     9) One cover of the Bartell 3 Machine was down exposing employees to a moving conveyor.      Dirt Dept.:    1) Chain conveyor and sprocket wheel pinchpoints of the 2 oz. boxer machine were not guarded.      2) The side guards of the thermoformer machine were not in place. The exit side of the thermoformer was not guarded.     The Plantation Products Incorporated was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard,  which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1177966, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on March 13, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 202 South Washington Street, Norton, Massachusetts 02766.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Boxer, Dirt Line:  A protruding shaft of the dirt line was not guarded.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  Seed Packing Dept.:  The cord next to a light for the #12 Haller Seed Packing Machine did not have an adequate strain relief device.