OSHA Inspection: PECO FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC

Issued

Jun 12, 1996

Abate by

Jul 15, 1996

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 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 employees
were exposed to hazard of being struck by collapsing wall of ice:
(a)Employees entered the ice house on April 8, 1996 after the ice makers
have run
off-shifts and over the weekend through a door in one end of the room.
Employees used
shovels and other tools to move the ice and are exposed to the hazard of
engulfment,
being struck by shifting ice, or being crushed against the walls of the
unit by ice.
Among others methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct
these hazards are:
1)  Developing and implementing written safe work practices for routine
and non-routine
tasks that are required to be performed in the ice house and providing
employees
with
information and training on how to protect themselves from hazards
associated with work
in the ice house and ensure that the use of safe work practices are
enforced; and/or
2)  Install an ice rake or other automated system to deliver the ice to
the auger which
will prevent employees from entering the ice house when hazardous
condition exist.