OSHA Inspection: THE HARDAWAY COMPANY

Issued

Dec 5, 1988

Abate by

Jan 9, 1989

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $500 Reduced

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:
a) Employee(s) required to enter a cement hopper at the batch plant on
or about July 27, 1988 were exposed to the hazard of engulfment by
caked and loose cement powder.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method, amond others, to correct
this hazard is to develop and implement a permit entry confined space
program which contains, at a minimum, the following elements:
1) Identification of each permit entry confined space.
2) Providing affected employee(s) with specific training prior to
authorizing entry.
3) Assuring availability and used of all protective clothing and other
personal protective equipment necessary for safe entry.
4) Assuring ready availability of rescue and safety-related equipment
and services, such as lifting or retrieval devices and others,
necessary for the entry.
5) Providing for and requiring the use of retrieval lines.
6) Determining and evaluating potential of atmospheric contamination.
7) Provision of an attendant for each permit entry.
8) Establishment and implementation of an entry permit system that
identifies and defines roles of persons who must sign the entry
permit.

Issued

Dec 5, 1988

Abate by

Dec 7, 1988

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

Issued

Dec 5, 1988

Abate by

Dec 14, 1988