GREENWOOD, MS —
OSHA Inspection: YAZOO VALLEY OIL MILL, INC.
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of YAZOO VALLEY OIL MILL, INC. in 2015 WEST RIVER ROAD, GREENWOOD, MS 38935 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 301036497.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- YAZOO VALLEY OIL MILL, INC.
- Site address
- 2015 WEST RIVER ROAD
- City
- GREENWOOD
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 38935
- Mailing
- P. O. BOX 1320, GREENWOOD, MS 38935
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2074
- Employees
- 125
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 4, 1998
- Abate by
- Nov 17, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of Public Law 91-596, 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 cottonseed pile cave-in or slough-off resulting in engulfment and suffocation to employees. (a)During the period July 27, 1998 through August 5, 1998 employees use a chain attached to the bucket of a front end loader to move metal air ducts in the Mitchell House. Employees stood on the floor of the Mitchell House and wrapped the chain around the metal duct, thereby exposing the employees to the hazard of a cave-in from moving cottonseed pile. The employees were not protected from the cave-in hazard by shoring or sloping or shielding the moving cottonseed pile. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to require the seed feeder to remain in the cab of the front end loader and use the bucket of the front end loader to move metal ducts.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $7000.00
1910.178 P01
- Issued
- Nov 4, 1998
- Abate by
- Nov 17, 1998
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 301036497.
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