OSHA Inspection: FEED PRODUCTS SOUTH, INC.

Issued

Apr 11, 2012

Abate by

Apr 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6):     Each exit sign was not illuminated to a surface value of at least five foot-candles (54 lux) by a reliable light source and be distinctive in color:      Employees working in Bulk Storage Building A were exposed to trip/fall and struck-by hazards when the lighted exit sign for the building was inoperable.

Issued

Apr 11, 2012

Abate by

Apr 18, 2012

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a):     'Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.    The employer did not provide or assure the use of suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees exposed to urea, magnesium oxide and phosphate in Bulk Storage Building A.  Employees were exposed, at a minimum, to eye hazards, skin hazards, and respiratory hazards from the chemicals in use and provided PPE was not adequate.

Issued

Apr 11, 2012

Abate by

Apr 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1):     The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment:      The employer did not assess the hazards to which employees could be exposed to prior to employing them in Bulk Storage Building A where they worked with urea, magnesium oxide and phosphate.  Employees were exposed, at a minimum, to eye hazards, skin hazards, and respiratory hazards from the chemicals in use, which may require engineering controls, administrative controls or personal protective equipment to protect employees.

Issued

Apr 11, 2012

Abate by

Apr 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 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:      Employees working with large quantities of powdered urea in the Bulk Storage Building A were subject to corrosive eye damage due to the lack of an emergency eyewash station.

Issued

Apr 11, 2012

Abate by

Apr 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 16109987U105

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:      The employer did not train employees on the chemicals used in Bulk Storage Building A where they worked with urea, magnesium oxide and phosphate.  Employees were exposed, at a minimum, to eye hazards, skin hazards, and respiratory hazards from the chemicals in use.

Issued

Apr 11, 2012

Abate by

Apr 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Hazardous substances 1610

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5):     Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(6) and (f)(7) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with the following information:    The employer did not label, tag or mark a pile of approximately 27 one-ton Supersacks of magnesium oxide with either the identity or hazard warnings in the Bulk Storage Building A.