OSHA Inspection: JONES DAIRY FARM

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jul 11, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a
written respiratory
protection program with worksite specific procedures when respirators were
necessary to protect
the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the
employer:
The spice room employee total dust exposure as 46.13 mg/m3, as an 8 hour
time
weighted average.  The spice room was not part of the written respiratory
protection
program.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)ION

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jun 30, 2012

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c):  Employees were exposed to Total Dust listed in Table
Z-3, in excess
of 15 mg/m3 as an 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration:
The spice room employee total dust exposure was 46.13 mg/m3, as an 8 hour
time
weighted average.  Employee was sampled on January 28, 2011 and was
sampled for 352
minutes, the remaining 128 minutes was calculated as 0 (zero) exposure
time.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jun 30, 2012

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e):  Equipment and/or technical measures used to keep the
exposure of
employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in Subpart Z of
29 CFR 1910 were
not approved by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically
qualified person:
The spice room employee total dust exposure was 46.13 mg/m3, as an 8hr
time weighted
average.  The employee was sampled on January 28, 2011 and was sampled for
352
minutes, the remaining 128 minutes was calculated as 0 (zero) exposure
time.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)
ABATEMENT NORMALLY WILL BE MULTI-STEP AS FOLLOWS.
STEP 1:  Effective respiratory protection shall be used by exposed
STEP 2:  Submit to the AREA DIRECTOR a written, detailed plan of
abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of
engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee
exposure to Hazardous Substance as referenced in this citation.
This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the
following actions which must be consistent with the abatement
dates required by this citation:
(1)Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options;
(2)  Selection of optimum control methods and completion ofdesign;
(3)  Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;
(4)  Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.
NOTE:  All proposed control measures shall be approved for each
particular use by a competent Industrial Hygienist or other
technical qualified person.  Ninety (90) day progress reports are
required during the abatement period.  (The 90-day requirement
for the submission of progress reports may be shortened or
lengthened by the Area Director, depending on the specific
circumstance).
STEP 3 Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of
feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon
verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.
Date by Which Violation Must be Abated:    STEP - 1     06/13/11
Date by Which Violation Must be Abated:    STEP - 2     09/08/11
Date by Which Violation Must be Abated:    STEP - 3     09/08/11

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jun 24, 2011

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b):  Storage of material shall not create a hazard.
Chemicals in the chemical storage cage, acids, bases and oxidizers were
stored in close
proximity and oxidizing agent was stored on a wood pallet.  Accidental
mixture of these
chemicals may liberate heat and may cause a fire and toxic gases.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jun 13, 2011

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2)(i):  Equipment was not approved for the ignitable or
combustible
properties of the specific gas, vapor, dust, or fiber that were present:
Shop vacuum used to clean the spice room, was not approved for combustible
dust.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)ION

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jun 24, 2011

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii):  Employee training shall include the physical
and health hazards
of the chemicals in the work area:
Maintenance employees using the oxygen/acetylene torch was not trained on
the physical
hazard associated with acetylene.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)

Issued

Jun 7, 2011

Abate by

Jun 13, 2011

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6):  The basic advisory information on respirators, as
presented in
Appendix D of this section, was not provided by the employer in any
written or oral format, to
employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this
section or by the
employer:
Spice room employee measuring ingredients on the table was not provided
information
presented in Appendix D of 190.134.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PER 29 CFR 1903.19(c)