Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 005 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) Manufacturing Warehouse, Line 1 - On or about 09/27/2023, the employer exposed employees to broken bones, lacerations and/or amputations while using air gun wands to clean cotton debris from unguarded chains and sprocket wheels while in operation. (b) Manufacturing Warehouse, Line 1 - On or about 02/13/2024, the employer exposed employees to broken bones, lacerations and/or amputations while working around, using air gun wands to clean cotton debris from unguarded chains and sprocket wheels while in operation. (c) Manufacturing Warehouse, Line 1 - On or about 02/13/2024, the employer exposed employees to broken bones, lacerations and/or amputations while working around each cotton hopper areas where metal guard boxes have cut openings on top that allow access into rotating sprocket and chains. (d) Manufacturing Warehouse, Line 1 - On or about 02/13/2024, the employer exposed employees to broken bones, lacerations and/or amputations while working around each cotton hopper areas where slide style doors on its side are maintained in an open position, allowing access to moving parts inside machinery. The PCP Group, LLC dba Pellon Consumer Products was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1654081, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 09/25/2023, with respect to a workplace located at 4081 Ulmerton Rd. Clearwater, FL 33762.