Missouri Cooperage Co. LLC, Lebanon, Mo.

Employer contests a repeat citation with a fine of $132,598 and a 19-item serious citation with a fine of $205,914. The repeat citation includes the alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. 1910.219(f)(3), for failure to enclose sprocket wheels and chains that were seven feet or less above floors or platforms. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. 1910.37(a)(3), for failure to ensure that exit routes were free and unobstructed and 29 C.F.R. 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B), for failure to ensure that energy control procedures clearly and specifically outlined the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking, and securing machines or equipment to ...