OSHA LOTO Citations @ food box manufacturer ($122,500)

Mere months after two employees were injured by dangerous machines, the facility again put workers at risk. Acting on a complaint, OSHA found workers unjamming and servicing machines without proper safeguards during an Aug. 25, 2014, inspection. This is the fourth time in the past year that the facility has been cited for hazards at its food box manufacturing facility.  OSHA has proposed fines of $122,500 for two repeated and two serious violations and placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program for failing to correct safety deficiencies.  OSHA’s most recent inspection found that the facility had not developed procedures to ensure that the die- cutting machine and paper-sorting machine would not unintentionally operate during servicing or maintenance, a procedure known as lockout/tagout.  In July 2014, OSHA cited the company after two employees were injured in separate incidents. One of those injuries also involved machine hazards. Two serious violations address the failure to verify the effectiveness of energy isolating procedures on the paper-sorting and die-cutting machines.  Here is a breakdown of the LOTO citations…

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