OSHA Inspection: VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.

Issued

May 2, 2011

Abate by

Jun 16, 2011

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300

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 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 fire and explosion hazards:
a)west bulk loading room, no methods were used to control the escape of
fugitive
combustible dust during the loading of trucks.
b)east bulk loading room, no methods were used to control the escape of
fugitive
combustible dust during the loading of trucks.
c)grinding room, the internal and external bucket elevators did not have
explosion
protection, such as but not limited to deflagration venting and isolation
protection.
d)grinding room, the enclosed conveyor systems did not have isolation
protection
devices to prevent deflagration into the cake processing area.
e)storage silos, the five exterior storage silos were not provided with
explosion
protection, such as but not limited to deflagration venting and isolation
protection.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to abate these
hazards is to comply with
national Fire Protection agency (NFPA) 654, "Standard for the Prevention
of Fires and
Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing and handling of Combustible
Particulate Solids"
(2006)
Note: The design of fire and explosion safety provisions shall be based on
a thorough process
hazard analysis of the facility, the process and the associated fire and
explosion hazards.

Issued

May 2, 2011

Abate by

May 26, 2011