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Dip Stop, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Selma, Alabama · Coffee and Tea Manufacturing · NAICS 311920

1inspections
4citation items
$5,500current penalties
Nov 18, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Dip Stop, Inc in Alabama one time.

It opened on Nov 18, 2019 on a referral, in Selma.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $8,524; today they stand at $5,500, 35% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,872 penalty. Dip Stop, Inc averages $5,500 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Dip Stop, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344471933 OPENED NOV 18, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Mar 25, 2020

656 Lake Lanier Rd, Selma, AL 36701 · Coffee and Tea Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 14, 2019: Employee's fingertip is amputated in mixing bowl

At 2:15 p.m. on November 14, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured coffee and tea. She was introducing material into a mixing bowl. The resultant blend would be sold in sample packs. She was using her hands to even out material that was bunching up around fixed paddles in the bowl. She had her hands all the way down in the bowl, when it rotated. Her finger was caught in between the paddle and the rotating bowl. The tip of the middle finger on her right hand was amputated. She was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,220$2,750Dec 11, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Dec 11, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$5,304$2,750Dec 11, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 11, 2019Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Nov 14, 2019, Selma: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was operating a sample pack machine. The employee was helping spread out material in the sample pack bowl when the paddles advanced, trapping her right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)

(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

Other coffee and tea manufacturing employers in Alabama

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