OSHA Inspection: UNITED COOPERATIVE

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Dec 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.27(f): "Maintenance." All ladders shall be maintained in a safe condition. All ladders shall be inspected regularly, with the intervals between inspections being determined by use and exposure.    (a)  The cage installed on the ladder for Bin 4 had a damaged vertical bar exposing employees to potential impalement hazards.  (b)  The cage installed on the ladder for Bin 3 had a damaged vertical bar exposing employees to potential impalement hazards.  (c)  The cage installed on the ladder for Bin 1 had a damaged vertical bar exposing employees to potential impalement hazards.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Feb 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(13): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not review entry operation when the employer had reason to believe that the measures taken under the permit space program would not protect employees and/or the deficiencies were not corrected prior to subsequent entries.     (a)  The employer was relying on the local fire department to conduct the rescue and emergency services, however, the response time did not meet the requirement exposing employees untimely response.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Feb 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2):     Employees assigned special tasks in the grain handling facility, such as bin entry and handling of flammable or toxic substances, were not provided training to perform these tasks safety:    (a)  The employer was relying on the local fire department to conduct the rescue and emergency services, however, the response time did not meet the requirement exposing employees untimely response.

Issued

Nov 20, 2012

Abate by

Dec 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D):   Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:  (a)  When performing group lockout, each authorized employee was not placing a lock on each designated energy control devices.  One lock was applied when more than one person was performing servicing/maintenance on a piece of equipment.  This exposed employees to accidental/inadvertent restart of equipment.