OSHA Inspection: COSHOCTON GRAIN COMPANY

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1)(i):     General safety precautions associated with the facility, including recognition and preventive measures for the hazards related to dust accumulations and common ignition sources such as smoking:    a.	At the workplace, the employer did not provide initial and annual combustible grain dust training including employee recognition and preventive measures for the hazards related to dust accumulations and common ignition sources.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1)(ii):     Specific procedures and safety practices applicable to their job tasks including but not limited to, cleaning procedures for grinding equipment, clearing procedures for choked legs, housekeeping procedures, hot work procedures, preventive maintenance procedures and lock-out/tag-out procedures:    a.	At the workplace, the employer did not provide initial training on housekeeping procedures to at least one of the employees involved in such activities.    b.	At the workplace, the employer did not provide initial and annual training on clearing procedures for choked legs to employees involved in such activities.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(1):     The employer shall develop and implement a written housekeeping program that establishes the frequency and method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces:      a.	At the workplace, the employer did not develop a written housekeeping program that established the cleaning frequency and the methods to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust such as, but not limited to, the following:              1.	Cleaning frequency and schedule for reducing accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors,   equipment, and other exposed surfaces, and at priority housekeeping areas;              2.	Methods used to remove fugitive grain dust accumulations and spills such as the use of non-sparking tools, brooms, and brushes;              3.	Methods for disposal of the accumulated fugitive grain dust; and              4.	Procedures for removing grain and product spills.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii):     The employer shall immediately remove any fugitive grain dust accumulations whenever they exceed 1/8 inch (.32 cm) at priority housekeeping areas, pursuant to the housekeeping program, or shall demonstrate and assure, through the development and implementation of the housekeeping program, that equivalent protection is provided:      a.	In the main tank area/room of the elevator basement, fugitive grain dust accumulations of .217 to 4 inches which had covered surfaces such as the bin chutes, guard at end of the front end belt, dust collection pipe, guardrail, cover on dumper belt conveyor, fire extinguisher, and structural beam were not immediately removed.    b.	In the main tank area/room of the elevator basement, fugitive grain dust accumulations of 6.25 to 13.5 inches which had covered floor surfaces such as near the front end belt and under the B house bottom belt were not immediately removed.    c.	In the front end tunnel of the elevator basement, fugitive grain dust accumulations of .212 to .225 inches which had covered the receptacle for the submersible pump was not immediately removed.    d.	In the bucket elevator room for the 8000 and 15000 legs on the first floor, fugitive grain dust accumulations of 3.5 to 5.5 inches which had covered floor surfaces near the elevator legs were not immediately removed.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c):     Electrical installations. Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations shall be intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location. Requirements for each of these options are as follows:      a.	In the control room for the small dump adjacent to the main bucket elevator legs 1 and 2 on the first floor, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, the dust collector #2 control panel, Rapat control system for the distributor, light panel, receptacles, control box with indicator lights, and conveyor control panel in a Class II, Division 2 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 2 location; or the control room was not downgraded to a non-hazardous location by providing positive pressure ventilation in conjunction with self-closing doors with seals and constructing the room to prevent the entrainment of grain dust.    b.	In the lab adjacent to the main bucket elevator legs 1 and 2 on the first floor, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, a double receptacle and two fluorescent light fixtures in a Class II, Division 2 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 2 location; or the lab was not downgraded to a non-hazardous location by providing positive pressure ventilation in conjunction with seals on the self-closing door and constructing the room to prevent the entrainment of grain dust.    c.	In the main bucket elevator room for legs 1 and 2 on the first floor, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, the disconnect box and light fixture in a Class II, Division 2 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 2 location.    d.	In the front end tunnel of the basement, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, the standard plug attachment for the submersible pump and light fixture in a Class II, Division 1 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 1 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 1 location.    e.	In the main tank area/room of the elevator basement, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, two light fixtures in a Class II, Division 1 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 1 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 1 location.    f.	In the bucket elevator room for the 8000 and 15000 legs on the first floor, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, a light fixture in a Class II, Division 1 location was not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 1 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 1 location.    g.	In the main control room of the elevator basement, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, control panels and two receptacles for fans and a battery charger in a Class II, Division 2 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 2 location; or the control room was not downgraded to a non-hazardous location by providing positive pressure ventilation to the room to prevent the entrainment of grain dust.    h.	In the power room of the elevator basement, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, breaker panels and disconnects in a Class II, Division 2 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 2 location; or the power room was not downgraded to a non-hazardous location by providing seals on the self-closing door and ensuring that the positive pressure ventilation was in operation to prevent the entrainment of grain dust.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i):     An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"):      a.	At the workplace, the employer did not provide employees who voluntarily used 3M 8511 filtering facepieces (dust masks) with the information contained in Appendix D to this section, Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 20, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.145(c)(2)(i):     Caution signs shall be used only to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafepractices:      a.	At the North entrance to the first floor bucket elevator room for the 8000 and 15000 legs, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign where explosive grain dust atmospheres may occur due to the handling and storing of grain.    b.	At the South entrance to the tank room/area, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign where explosive grain dust atmospheres may occur due to the handling and storing of grain.    c.	At the East entrance to the first floor bucket elevator room for legs 1 and 2, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign where explosive grain dust atmospheres may occur due to the handling and storing of grain.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 20, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):     Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:      a.  At the workplace, the employer did not have an MSDS (material safety data sheet) for each hazardous chemical which employees used such as, but not limited to, the following:  diesel, gasoline, primer (gray and red), oxygen, acetylene, grease, motor oil, 2-cycle oil, gear oil, hydraulic oil, and transmission oil.

Issued

Jul 21, 2011

Abate by

Aug 20, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals intheir work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trainedabout is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability,carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety datasheets:      a.  At the workplace, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees who were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, the following:  Phostoxin (aluminum phosphide), diesel, gasoline, primer (gray and red), oxygen, acetylene, grease, motor oil, 2-cycle oil, gear oil, hydraulic oil, and transmission oil.