OSHA has cited a facility that produces retail frozen pizzas, retail dressings and sauces, and food service dressings and sauces with 27 health and safety violations, including two repeat, for inadequate hazardous energy control procedures after an August 2012 inspection at the company's facility was opened under OSHA's Site Specific Targeting Program for industries with high injury and illness rates. Proposed fines total $228,900. Because of the hazards and the violations cited, the company has been placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program. The two repeat violations were cited for failing to control hazardous energy, including conducting periodic inspections of energy control procedures and providing required information on written energy control procedures, such as specific rules and techniques, as well as testing requirements to determine the effectiveness of the energy control procedures. A total of 24 serious safety and health violations were cited for failing to guard machines, monitor noise exposure levels, train workers on emergency response and hazardous chemicals, provide permit confined space requirements and provide lockout/tagout procedures for the control of hazardous energy. Violations were also cited for OSHA's process safety management standard, including failing to document inspections, tests and system designs. An other-than-serious violation was cited for failing to annually certify process safety management standard operating procedures. Here is a breakdown of the citations...