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Berwick Offray LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Hagerstown, Maryland · Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills · NAICS 313310

2inspections
8citation items
$4,552current penalties
Mar 2, 2021last inspection

Since 2018, OSHA inspectors have visited Berwick Offray LLC in Maryland 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Mar 2, 2021 after an accident, in Hagerstown.

In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 8 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $5,812; today they stand at $4,552, 22% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.219 (belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts), 8 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,872 penalty. Berwick Offray LLC averages $2,276 across 2 cited inspections.

Berwick Offray LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345178446 OPENED MAR 2, 2021Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 107 employees at the site · Closed Jul 14, 2021

857 Willow Circle, Hagerstown, MD 21740 · Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 26, 2021: Employee amputates fingertip when caught in ribbon

At 8:00 p.m. on February 26, 2021, an employee was monitoring the material coming out of the kiln and onto the letdown rollers. The employee noticed a buildup of access ribbon that was caught around a rotating drive shaft and decided to attempt to remove it. While reaching up, the employee got her left middle finger caught in the ribbon and cut the tip of her finger off. The employee was driven to the hospital, where she was treated and released. The tip of her middle finger was amputated.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$4,500$3,240Jun 10, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jun 10, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jun 10, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jun 10, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jun 10, 2021Final

Inspection 343524724 OPENED OCT 12, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 132 employees at the site · Closed Jan 10, 2019

857 Willow Circle, Hagerstown, MD 21740 · Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,312$1,312Dec 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Dec 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Dec 18, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i)

(2) Guarding horizontal shafting. (i) All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i)

(e) Belt, rope, and chain drives—(1) Horizontal belts and ropes. (i) Where both runs of horizontal belts are seven (7) feet or less from the floor level, the guard shall extend to at least fifteen (15) inches above the belt or to a standard height except that where both runs of a horizontal belt are 42 inches or less from the floor, the belt shall be fully enclosed in accordance with paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.

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