OSHA Inspection: CHOCOLATE DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

2023-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4687.00 · Current $3515.00 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 11/28/2022 in the production area; where there were areas of the facility where no EXIT signs were visible.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2023-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(b)(5):Each doorway or passage along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit was not marked "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or be identified by a sign indicating its actual use (e.g. closet):  a) On or about 11/28/2022 in the Tank Room; where there was an unmarked door in the back of the Tank room leading to other parts of the building, occupied by other tenants of the building, which was not an exit, or part of an exit route.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2023-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10938.00 · Current $8204.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):Procedures were not utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  a) On or about 11/17/2022 in the production department; where an employee was placing buckets onto a bucket elevator chain drive (a servicing/maintenance operation covered under 1910.147) and got caught in the chain drive, resulting in an amputation injury.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2023-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1562.00 · Current $1172.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.32(b)(3):The person who certified the annual summary was not a company executive as defined in 29 CFR 1904.32(b)(4):  a) On or about  11/28/2022; where the 2020 and 2021 OSHA 300As were signed by the company Human Resources Manager (who was not a company executive as defined by 29 CFR 1904.32(b)(4)).  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2023-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(c)(2):The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  a) On or about 11/28/2023 in the Tank Room; where liquid chocolate and other materials are stored in several large tanks, the tanks were not appropriately identified as permit required confined spaces.  NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED