OSHA Inspection: DELTA PRIDE CATFISH, INC.

Issued

May 30, 2006

Abate by

Jun 23, 2006

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,000 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 the hazard of being struck by
or engulfed in a
collapsing wall of ice:
(a)Employees entered the ice room on or about March 2, 2006, after the ice
makers
had run during an off-shift creating an accumulation of ice from floor to
ceiling exposing
employees to an engulfment or struck by hazard from shifting or falling
ice when using
shovels and picks to move the ice into a guarded auger located along a
wall to the left
of the floor level entry door.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct
these hazards are:
1) develop and implement written safe work practices for routine and
non-routine
tasks that are
required to be performedin the ice room and provide employees with
information and training
on how to protect themselves from hazards associated with the work in the
ice room; 2) ensure
that the safe work practices are enforced; and 3) install an ice rake or
other automated system
to deliver the ice to the auger which will prevent employees from entering
the room when
hazardous conditions are present.

Issued

May 30, 2006

Abate by

Jun 2, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,300 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

May 30, 2006

Abate by

Jun 2, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,300 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

May 30, 2006

Abate by

Jun 23, 2006

Issued

May 30, 2006

Abate by

Jun 23, 2006