ALJ Decision in AJM Packaging Corporation, OSHRC Docket No. 16-1865, Directed for Review

The Respondent, AJM Packaging Corporation (AJM), manufactures paper plates and bowls at a facility in Vineland, New Jersey. AJM makes the paper products with large machines called “Peerless Cutting Machines” (PCMs). (Ex. C-44; Ex. R-18 at 13). AJM operates about thirty-three PCMs at its Vineland facility. (T. 734, 1725). Upon receiving a report that an amputation injury had occurred at the Vineland facility on May 8, 2016, the area office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) located in Marlton, New Jersey, assigned a compliance safety and health officer (CO) to conduct an inspection and investigation. The investigation resulted in OSHA issuing to AJM a one-item repeat citation and a one-item serious citation on September 30, 2016.