OSHA Inspection: CHEESE PLEASERS INC.

Issued

2022-02-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $4061.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1):  Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be 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. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.   On or about October 19, 2021, at an establishment located at 5364 Glennville Road in Bancroft, Wisconsin in the Shredding Room; an employee was exposed to caught between hazards while opening the lid to the Cuber Machine while the cylinder paddle was retracting.

Issued

2022-02-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $2321.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(A):  The Exposure Control Plan shall contain at least the following elements:  the exposure determination required by paragraph (c)(2):  On or about October 19, 2021, at an establishment located at 5364 Glennville Road in Bancroft, Wisconsin in the Shredding Room; the Cheese Pleasers Foreign Material/Bodily Fluid Spills-Cleaning + Sanitizing SOP did not document a list of all job classifications which have potential occupational exposure.  Employee(s) who were designated by the employer to clean up blood and other potentially infectious material were not listed.

Issued

2022-02-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(d)(3)(ii):  Use. The employer shall ensure that the employee uses appropriate personal protective equipment unless the employer shows that the employee temporarily and briefly declined to use personal protective equipment when, under rare and extraordinary circumstances, it was the employee's professional judgment that in the specific instance its use would have prevented the delivery of health care or public safety services or would have posed an increased hazard to the safety of the worker or co-worker. When the employee makes this judgement, the circumstances shall be investigated and documented in order to determine whether changes can be instituted to prevent such occurrences in the future.  On or about October 19, 2021, at an establishment located at 5364 Glennville Road in Bancroft, Wisconsin in the Shredding Room;   eye protection was not worn while performing cleaning activities around blood and other potentially infectious material exposing employees to blood borne pathogens.

Issued

2022-02-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(f)(2)(i): Hepatitis B vaccination shall be made available after the employee has received the training required in paragraph (g)(2)(vii)(I) and within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employees who have occupational exposure unless the employee has previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series, antibody testing has revealed that the employee is immune, or the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons.  On or about October 19, 2021, at an establishment located at 5364 Glennville Road in Bancroft, Wisconsin in the Shredding Room; the employer did not offer hepatitis B vaccine series pre-exposure nor post exposure to employees performing cleaning activities.

Issued

2022-02-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $829.00 · Current $580.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(3):  How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.  On or about October 27, 2021, at an establishment located at 5364 Glennville Road in Bancroft, Wisconsin; the employer did not record a workplace injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log for calendar year 2021.  A recordable injury which occurred in the Shredding Room on or about October 19, 2021 was not recorded within seven days.