OSHA Inspection: TYGBJY INC

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $515 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(b)(2)(vii)(a): Areas surrounding tank containing flammable or combustible liquids were not provided with adequate drainage or dikes:    The diesel fuel tank located adjacent to the generator building had no dike or other means to prevent the spread of the fuel in the event of leaks or spills.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $515 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    Employees were required to wear respirators during entry to grain bins, no written respirator program was developed and implemented.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

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 employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    Employees were required to wear respirators during entry to grain bins, no medical evaluation was done to determine if employees were medically able to wear a respirator.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):  The employer did not ensure that employees required to use a tight-fitting face piece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    Employees were required to wear respirators during entry to grain bins, no fit testing was provided.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each employee can demonstrate knowledge of at least 29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1)(i) through(vii):    Employees were required to wear respirators during entry to grain bins, no training and evaluation was done to ensure that employees understand the respirator and how to properly use it.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $515 Reduced

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:        No procedures were developed for employees who adjust chain on the chain conveyors and perform other maintenance on equipment in the plant.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $515 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage firefighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:    At least one employee was not trained in the use of fire extinguishers when hired and no annual training was done for at least 12 months for any other employee.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $515 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(d): The employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan meeting the requirements contained in 1910.38(a):     a)  Refer to: 29 CFR 1910.38(a):  The employer did not have a written emergency action plan which contained at least the minimum elements listed in 29 CFR 1910.38(c)(1) through (6):    Only a verbal plan was in place, which only included a procedure for emergency evacuation to a safe location and did not include all the required elements.    b)  Refer to: 29 CFR 1910.38(d):  The employer did not have and maintain an employee alarm system which complied with the requirements in 29 CFR 1910.165:    No alarm system was provided so that employees in the plant would be notified in the event of an emergency.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $777 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(1):  The employer did not develop and implement a written housekeeping program that established the frequency and the methods determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces in the grain handling facility:      No written housekeeping program was developed for surfaces in the facilities which accumulate combustible grain dust.  On the day of the inspection there were accumulations of dust at the base of the outside grain elevator.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $777 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(3):  No certification record was maintained of each inspection by the employer in the grain facility in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.272(1):    No records of inspections of equipment, including but not limited to the dryer, elevator, augers and conveyors were maintained.  Records must include the date of the inspection, name of person who performed the inspection and the serial number or other identifier of the equipment.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $388 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(e)(1):  Cabinets, cutout boxes, fittings, boxes, and panel board enclosures in wet locations were not weatherproof:    Two Electrical panel boxes and an electrical outlet on the south side of the elevator were of general duty design and were not of a design approved for wet locations.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $388 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i):  Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not protected from abrasions:    The Southwest bin ventilation motor power connector wiring had a conduit which had pulled away from the electrical box and exposed the inner wires to abrasion from the edge of the hole in the box.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $535 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and 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:    No hazard communication program was developed for employees who work with hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, combustible grain dust, diesel fuel and propane.

Issued

Jan 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii):  The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:       The diesel fuel tank had no hazard warning posted on it.