ROSE HILL, NC ·
OSHA Inspection: VALLEY PROTEINS INC.
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of VALLEY PROTEINS INC. in 469 YELLOW CUT RD., ROSE HILL, NC 28458 (NAICS 311613). OSHA activity number 312455058.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- VALLEY PROTEINS INC.
- Site address
- 469 YELLOW CUT RD.
- City
- ROSE HILL
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28458
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (N)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311613
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2077
- Employees
- 123
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
95012901
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2009
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2009
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced
General-duty citation text
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to burn hazards: a)facility, feather hydrolyzer - two employees were burned when steam and hot water were inadvertently released from the six- inch blow -out line, that was left open during the last clean-out. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to develop and implement procedures: 1) Ensure that when clean-out is completed that all valves and gates are closed. 2) Ensure that before the system is re-pressurized during start-ups that all valves and gates are closed.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2625.00
- · Z (S) $3500.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 312455058.
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