Inspection Type |
Referral
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Scope |
Partial
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2016-11-25
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Emphasis |
N: AMPUTATE
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Case Closed |
2024-10-17
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Related Activity
Type |
Referral |
Activity Nr |
1160588 |
Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001A |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19100147 C01 |
Issuance Date |
2017-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2017-06-09 |
Current Penalty |
8873.0 |
Initial Penalty |
8873.0 |
Final Order |
2017-06-20 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): General - Energy control program. The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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. Site: 286 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 On or about 11/25/2016; a) The employer did not have a Lock-Out/Tag-Out written program consisting of energy control, to prevent unexpected startup of an industrial meat grinder during maintenance or cleaning operations. |
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Citation ID |
01001B |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19100147 C04 I |
Issuance Date |
2017-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2017-06-09 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2017-06-20 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section. Site: 286 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 On or about 11/25/2016; a) The employer did not implement Lock Out/Tag Out procedures to prevent unexpected startup of an industrial meat grinder during cleaning and maintenance operations. |
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Citation ID |
01001C |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19100147 C05 I |
Issuance Date |
2017-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2017-06-09 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2017-06-20 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing, or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources. Site: 286 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 On or about 11/25/2016; a) The employer did not provide hardware to employees for locking the plug of the power cord of the industrial meat grinder during the cleaning and maintenance operation, to prevent unexpected startup. |
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Citation ID |
01001D |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19100147 C07 I |
Issuance Date |
2017-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2017-06-09 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Final Order |
2017-06-20 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. Site: 286 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 On or about 11/25/2016; a) No adequate training was provided by the employer to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees. |
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Citation ID |
01002 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19100212 A03 II |
Issuance Date |
2017-05-22 |
Current Penalty |
8873.0 |
Initial Penalty |
8873.0 |
Final Order |
2017-06-20 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
2 |
Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point of operation guards were not designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of their body in the danger zone during the operating cycle. Site: 286 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 On or about 11/25/2016; a) Employees operated a meat grinder which was not equipped with a guard. An employee was injured when his hand was amputated. |
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Citation ID |
01003 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19100303 F01 |
Issuance Date |
2017-05-22 |
Abatement Due Date |
2017-06-09 |
Current Penalty |
6338.0 |
Initial Penalty |
6338.0 |
Final Order |
2017-06-20 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
3 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.303(f)(1): Each disconnecting means required by Subpart S of Part 1910 for motors and appliances was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident: Site: 286 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 On or about 11/25/2016; a) The STOP push button switch on a BIRO Grinder did not have any marking identifying its function. |
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