ORRINGTON, ME ·
OSHA Inspection: LCP CHEMICALS & PLASTICS, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of LCP CHEMICALS & PLASTICS, INC. in RIVER ROAD, ORRINGTON, ME 04474 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 102751518.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- LCP CHEMICALS & PLASTICS, INC.
- Site address
- RIVER ROAD
- City
- ORRINGTON
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 04474
- Mailing
- P. O. BOX 149, ORRINGTON, ME 04474
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2812
- Employees
- 65
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jan 25, 1990
- Abate by
- Feb 1, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · Current $400
General-duty citation text
Section 5 (a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: hazards of a tank rupturing and exposing employees to a hazardous chemical and physicals of an exploding tank. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to install a pressure relief device to protect the Peledow dryer tank from over pressuring: Chloropicrin Loading Area- Employees were exposed to serious hazards while working around the Peledow dryer tank which was not equipped with a pressure relief device.
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 102751518.
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