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US Labor Department’s OSHA cites Decatur, Ga., bakery for unguarded machinery, other violations after worker suffers finger laceration
Region 4 News Release: 11-1079-ATL (367)
July 28, 2011
Contact: Michael D’Aquino Michael Wald
Phone: 404-562-2076 404-562-2078
Email: d’aquino.michael@dol.gov wald.michael@dol.gov
US Labor Department’s OSHA cites Decatur, Ga., bakery for unguarded
machinery, other violations after worker suffers finger laceration
DECATUR, Ga. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Earth Grains Baking Cos. Inc., doing business as Sara Lee on Panthersville Road in Decatur, for nine safety violations following a February investigation of an incident in which a worker’s finger was severely lacerated while operating a bread slicing machine.
One repeat violation related to the injury was cited for exposing workers to hazards due to a lack of machine guarding on the bread slicer. A repeat violation exists when an employer previously has been cited for the same or a similar violation of a standard, regulation, rule or order at any other facility in federal enforcement states within the last five years. The company was cited for a similar violation in May 2007 at a Wichita, Kan., facility.
Three serious violations involve not providing machine guarding for sprocket wheels and chains, not protecting shaft ends on the power transmission apparatus; and failing to conduct periodic inspections of the energy control procedures. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
Five other-than-serious violations involve not completing the OSHA 300A and 301 logs for recording injuries and illnesses. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm.
“This injury could have been prevented had the company followed proper machine guarding safety procedures,” said Bill Fulcher, director of OSHA’s Atlanta-East Area Office. “All employers have a responsibility to keep the workplace safe for their employees.”
Proposed penalties total $51,800. The bakery has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and proposed penalties to comply, request a conference with OSHA’s area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The site was inspected by OSHA’s Atlanta-East office, 2183 Northlake Parkway, Building 7, Suite 110, Tucker, Ga. 30084; telephone 770-493-6644. To report workplace incidents, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, call the agency’s toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742).
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
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Partnership Combines Wireless Sensors and Live Detectives
The security solution enables customers to track shipments using cellular-based sensor technology and a manned response team, and via RFID for high-value items.
July 29, 2011—Flemming Cargo Securement (FCS), a transportation monitoring and recovery services company, is partnering with wireless technology firm OnAsset Intelligence to provide a part-technology, part-manned solution for securing cargo as it is transported by truck from one location to another along the supply chain. The solution employs FCS’ manned responses to alerts issued by OnAsset’s cellular and sensor-based system. The partners can also provide RFID technology, built into OnAsset’s SmartContainer solution, designed for instances in which a logistics company or manufacturer has high-value items to monitor, thereby requiring not just updates via a GSM cellular transmission if a truck’s trailer is tampered with, but also an alert in the event that an RFID-tagged item is removed from a specific RFID-enabled container.
For the past year, according to Ray Flemming, FCS’ president and CEO, OnAsset has provide FCS with its Sentry 400 device, which includes sensors that measure temperature, air pressure, humidity, light and shock, among other conditions, in a trailer or in the back of a truck. The device transmits its own unique ID number and sensor data at regular intervals to area GSM cellular towers, and the Sentry system software determines the location of the device (and thus the vehicle), based on triangulation of the towers.
Customers that want greater security can opt, instead, for SmartContainer device integrated into a product’s shipping container. Like the Sentry 400, the SmartContainer device can issue an alert if a container is opened, or if temperatures exceed a specific threshold, but SmartContainer’s built-in RFID reader can detect whether or not tagged products remain within the container, says Nikki Cuban, OnAsset’s marketing and business development VP,
OnAsset developed its SmartContainer—which it calls an All-in-One Secure Shipping solution, with built-in sensors and GSM capabilities identical to those incorporated into the Sentry device—as well as an ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) EPC Gen 2 RFID reader (the company, Cuban says, has no preference with regard to vendors). The SmartContainer also has an infrared camera that automatically takes pictures when the container is opened. OnAsset can install its SmartContainer technology in Pelican cases in a variety of sizes, Cuban says, though the system can be fitted into any reusable container in which users may already transport their goods. Users would need to tag their own products, such as artwork, high-value documents, tools or precious metals.
While in transit, the reader captures the unique ID numbers of all tags within the container, and forwards that information to a server via the GSM cellular connection, indicating such actions as the removal of one or more items, the opening of the container, or changing environmental conditions within the container. The container is designed for transporting high-value items by air or land, to provide greater coverage of items within a truck or on a ship. Upon reaching its destination, the container is then returned to its point of origin, as any other reusable container would be.
To date, Cuban says, only the Sentry 400 is being used by FCS’ customers, but FSC could also provide its customers with the SmartContainer, if they request it, in order to attain additional security for their products.
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