Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004 Hazard:

The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle: (a) At the Hooder machine: On or about December 4, 2023, palletizing area of the production floor, the safety interlocks were bypassed on the Stretch Hood Machine "Hooder" (model no. IS43 + Transport, serial no. 26983G) which exposed employees to caught-in/between hazards. (b) At the Yellow Line Palletizer: On or about December 4, 2023, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards from the moving parts of the Palletizer machine, in that panel guarding the access to moving parts in the Palletizer was modified to allow employees access to enter the machine. (c) At the White Line Palletizer: On or about December 4, 2023, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards from the moving parts of the Palletizer machine, in that panel guarding the access to moving parts in the Palletizer was modified to allow employees access to enter the machine.