OSHA Inspection: QUALITY LIQUID FEEDS, INC.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,295 · Current $1,377 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:    (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; The employer did not develop a written respiratory program.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; Medical evaluations were not completed prior to requiring employees to wear N-95, filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) during powder chemical mixing/handling operations.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:    (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; Fit testing was not completed prior to employees being required to wear N-95, filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) during powder chemical mixing/handling operations.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Oct 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; Respirator training was not provided for employees required to wear N-95, filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) during powder chemical mixing/handling operations.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,825 · Current $2,295 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; The employer did not a written energy control program.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; Energy isolation procedures (LOTO) for clearing jams on the # 5 mixing gear box and electric motors on mixing and pumping equipment were not developed.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolate:  (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; Employees were not trained as authorized personnel to recognize the type and magnitude of energy for electric motors on mixing and pumping equipment throughout the facility.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; The employer did not ensure that energy isolation devices were affixed to electrical disconnects prior to clearing jams on mixer # 5 and when repacking bearings on electric pump and mixer motors.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,825 · Current $2,295 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; The employer did not develop or implement a hazard communication program.

Issued

Sep 6, 2012

Abate by

Sep 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area and chemical-specific information was not always available through labels and material safety data sheets  (a) Throughout the facility at 321 Cedar Falls Road in Menomonie, WI; The employer did not inform their employees about the hazards of chemicals they work with and the location of MSDSs for those chemicals.