OSHA Inspection: SEABOARD FOODS LIVE PRODUCTION

Issued

Sep 13, 2006

Abate by

Oct 16, 2006

Penalty

Initial $2,125 · Current $1,500 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
employees were exposed to cuts, punctures and injections causing increased
risk of infection
and/or immune reaction through poor handling practices of needles and
scalpels when
processing piglets, sows and hogs.
Improper sharps handling practices included, but were not limited to, the
conditions observed
as follows:
a)Seaboard Foods, LLC & Farm 45, on or about April 11, 2006, employees
using 1.5" x 16 gauge needles in a pump syringe gun to inject sows behind
the
ear were observed repeatedly straightening the needle with their thumb.
b)Seaboard Foods, LLC & Farm 37, on or about April 6, 2006, an employee
was observed recapping multiple scalpel blades and placing them in the
sharps
container, thereby increasing the probability of injury when recapping was
not
necessary.
c)Seaboard Foods, LLC & multiple farm sites, on or about April 6, 2006,
employees carried exposed needle syringes from medicine room to and from
individual rooms throughout the barns.  Employees carried multiple needles,
new and recapped, in overall pockets of uniform.  Employees had not been
instructed on safe sharps handling practices such as avoiding the recapping
sharps.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct
this hazard
include the following:
Implement satellite locations of sharps containers to make immediate
disposal of used sharps
more convenient for employee practice.
Document the periodic evaluation of safe needle devices that may prevent
recapping action.
Develop, communicate and enforce standard operating procedures for safe
sharps handling.s

Issued

Sep 13, 2006

Abate by

Oct 16, 2006

Penalty

Initial $7,500 · Current $3,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

SEABOARD FOODS LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT
STANDARD, SECTION 5 (A) (1) FOR INADEQUATE EYE WASH STATIONS, WHICH
WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 307526533, CITATION 1, ITEM
3, ISSUED ON MAY 2, 2005, FOR THE WORKSITE LOCATED AT 53022 COUNTY
ROAD 12, HOLYOKE, CO 80734.
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 corrosive chemical and physical eye hazards
associated with
inadequate eye wash stations.  The condition included, but may not be
limited to, inadequate
eye wash stations found in the following instances:
a)Seaboard Foods, LLC & Farm 44, on or about April 5, 2006, an eyewash
station was mounted approximately 31" to the top of the eyewash, the water
valve at the eyewash was off, and an adjacent water valve was turned off.
Therefore, employees would have to find the location of two water piping
valves in order to receive water flow to the designated eyewash.
Additionally,
due to the central location of the eye wash station, employees may have to
travel up to 300 feet through potentially congested hallways before
finding the
eye wash station.
b)Seaboard Foods, LLC & Farm 30, on or about April 6, 2006, the eye wash
station was mounted approximately 30 inches high making use of the station
difficult.  The eye wash station was not posted with signage.  An
inconspicuous valve must be operated for use of the eye wash station.
Short
term employees were not instructed in the location or use of eye wash
stations
or nearest water hose for flushing eyes.  Finally, due to the central
location of
the eye wash station, employees may have to travel up to 300 feet through
potentially congested hallways before finding the eye wash station.
c)Seaboard Foods, LLC & Farm 37, on or about April 6, 2006, employees
dispensed Multi-Solve Degreaser and Pheno-Tek II Disinfectant inside a
closet
without immediate access to an eye wash station.  The eye wash station was
located over 100 feet away and was not posted with signage.  Employees also
used a power washer and applied disinfectant chemical sprays in individual
farrowing rooms up to 300 feet of travel from the eye wash station.
Additionally, a steel gate impeded access to the immediate area of the eye
wash station.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard
is to use the following guidelines for design, construction, signage and
communication of the
eye wash station:
ANSI Z358.1-2004, American National Standards Institute - for Emergency
Eyewash and
Shower Equipment.
NOTE:  The ANSI Z358.1-2004 standard can be obtained by contacting the
American
National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway New York, NY 10018.

Issued

Sep 13, 2006

Abate by

Sep 26, 2006

Penalty

Initial $7,500 · Current $3,750 Reduced