OSHA Inspection: ROSS-CO REDI-MIX CO., INC., DBA PIKE-CO REDI-MIX

Issued

Feb 9, 2004

Abate by

Mar 26, 2004

Penalty

Initial $2,500

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 being struck by silos and/or portions of silos that have
the potential for
rupturing and/or launching due to being overfilled and/or subjected to
excessive internal pressure
during filling:
(a)On or about August 14, 2003, there was no means to ensure that the
square silo was not
being overfilled and/or was not being subjected to excessive internal
pressure while ground slag
was being added to the square silo at pressures of 12 to 15 psi, to
prevent the silo from
rupturing and/or launching parts such as but not limited to; the metal cap
located over the vent
for the silo.
Acceptable feasible abatement would be to implement a program of silo
maintenance
to include
procedures regarding the design parameters for the silo, capacity of silo,
operating parameters
of the silo (including the pressure range acceptable during the fills of
the silo that truckers would
be expected to follow) and procedures to prevent the overfilling and
overpressurization of the
silo.ressurization