OSHA Inspection: CRYSTAL ICE COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Apr 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1):  Open sided floor(s) or platform(s) 4 feet or more
above the adjacent
floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the
equivalent as specified in 29
CFR 1910.23(e)(3)(i) through (v)), on all open sides.
LOCATION: Ice Machine Platform:
Employees were exposed to falls of 7'5" while working on the unguarded
elevated platforms
between Ice Machines #1 & 2 and #2 & 3.

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(B):  Process safety information pertaining to the
equipment in the
process did not include the piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID'S):
LOCATION: FACILITY:
The employer did not ensure that the P&ID's were accurate and up to date.
Instance A) Not all of the system components were identified on the P&ID's.
Instance B) Not all system component symbols on the P&ID were listed and
identified in the
key.
Instance C) Several system components were either identified incorrectly
or not identified at all.

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(i):  The process hazard analysis did not address the
hazards of the
process:
LOCATION: CONTROL ROOM:
The process hazard analysis did not identify, evaluate and address the
hazard of the release of
ammonia vapors during the liquid anhydrous ammonia line strainer cleaning
process.

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4):  The employer did not develop and implement safe
work practices for
employees and contractor employees to provide for the control of hazards
during operations such
as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or
piping; and control over
entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other
support personnel:
LOCATION: FACILITY:
The employer did not establish safe operating procedures and work
practices in order to assess
and control anhydrous ammonia back pressure, prior to opening the piping
during strainer
cleaning operations.

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(g)(3):  The employer did not prepare a means of verifying
that the employee
had received and understood the training required by 29 CFR 1910.119(g):
LOCATION: FACILITY:
The employer did not ascertain that employees involved in liquid anhydrous
ammonia screen
cleaning, received and understood the training requirements required by
CFR 1910.119(g).

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to
determine if hazards are
present, or likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal
protective equipment
(PPE).  When such hazards were present, or likely to be present, the
employer did not:
1. Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will
protect the affected
employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;
2. Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee; and,
3. Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee.
LOCATION: FACILITY:
The emplyer did not assess all workplace procedures, for the liquid
anhydrous ammonia strainer
cleaning operations, to determine if hazards exist or could be created,
that required the use of
personal protective equipment(PPE), select the appropriate protection,
communicate this with
effected employees and provide effected employees with properly fitted
PPE.ed

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):  The employer did not identify and evaluate
the respiratory
hazard(s) in the workplace:
LOCATION: FACILITY:
The employer did not evaluate empoyee exposure to ammonia vapors
associated with liquid
ammonia strainer cleaning on the three ice machines.

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(ii): Where there was a possibility of
re-accumulation of stored energy
to a hazardous level, verification of isolation was not continued until
the servicing or
maintenance was completed, or until the possibility of such accumulation
no longer existed:
LOCATION: ICE MACHINES:
The employer did not ensure that verification of liquid anhydrous ammonia
isolation was
continued where the possibility of re-accumulation of hazardous levels of
ammonia vapors were
possible, until after screen cleaning or other maintenace was completed.

Issued

Apr 19, 2012

Abate by

Jun 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c):  Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive
materials, suitable
facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not
provided within the work
area for immediate emergency use:
LOCATION: MACHINE ROOM:
Facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes were not immedietly
available use by
employees involved in strainer cleaning procedures on the ice machine
elevated platforms.