OSHA Inspection: SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INC

Issued

Oct 29, 2010

Abate by

May 30, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,250 · Current $1,950 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 hazards associated with working in a hot
environment:
a)facility, wet kill - where the employer did not fully implement a heat
stress related
management program with employees working in the Gambrel Table, Shaving
Stand, and De-
Shackle areas that were exposed to a heat indes of 121 degrees Fahrenheit.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among others, to correct
this hazard is to develop a heat stress
management program to include elements such as the following:
a)Engineering controls.
b)Work practices.
c)Acclimatization
d)Personal protective equipment
e)Employee education and training.
f)Worker monitoring program
Reference: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
Threshold Limit Values & Biological
Exposure Indices, 2004. pp.168 - 176.68

Issued

Oct 29, 2010

Abate by

Nov 3, 2010

Penalty

Initial $1,950 · Current $975 Reduced