Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed: (a) The employer is failing to protect employees from amputation hazards while performing grading work. This was most recently documented on or about April 12, 2018, at American Walnut Company, LLC located at 2801 South 2nd Street, Saint Joseph, Missouri. The chain and sprocket driving the scrap conveyor adjacent to the Grader Station in the Gun Room, located approximately 4.5 feet from the floor was inadequately guarded exposing employees to in-running nip points of the chain and sprocket. (b) The employer is failing to protect employees from amputation hazards while operating the Band Saw and performing housekeeping tasks near and around Band Saw. This was most recently documented on or about April 12, 2018, at American Walnut Company, LLC at 2801 South 2nd Street, Saint Joseph, Missouri. The chain and sprocket located approximately 2 feet from the floor underneath the scrap conveyor adjacent Band Saw # 1 inside the Gun Room was not guarded. The American Walnut Company, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 1910.219(f)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1204270, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on June 2, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 2801 South 2nd Street, Saint Joseph, MO.