OSHA Inspection: D & L GRAIN & FEED COMPANY

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1)(i):  The employer shall provide training to employees at least annually and when changes in job assignment will expose them to new hazards.  Current employees, and new employees prior to starting work, shall be trained in at least the following:  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 facility, the employer did not provide annual combustible grain dust training including employee recognition and preventative measures for the hazards related to dust accumulations and common ignition sources.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1)(ii):  The employer shall provide training to employees at least annually and when changes in job assignment will expose them to new hazards.  Current employees, and new employees prior to starting work, shall be trained in at least the following:  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 facility, the employer did not provide annual training on cleaning procedures for grinding equipment, clearing procedures for choked legs, housekeeping procedures, and preventative maintenance procedures to employees involved in such activities.    b.  On the site of the grain mill, employees were not provided training on the procedures for safely locking out equipment thereby exposing employees to a caught-in/contact hazard.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

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 unsafe practices:    a.  At the West entrance to the elevator, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign to warn against potential deflagration and explosion hazards from grain dust atmospheres that may occur due to the handling of grain.    b.  At the North entrance to the elevator, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign to warn against potential deflagration and explosion hazards from grain dust atmospheres that may occur due to the handling of grain.    c.  At the East entrance to the elevator, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign to warn against potential deflagration and explosion hazards from grain dust atmospheres that may occur due to the handling of grain.    d.  At the North entrance to the feed mill, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign to warn against potential deflagration and explosion hazards from grain dust atmospheres that may occur due to the handling of grain.    e.  At the South entrance to the feed mill, the employer did not have a combustible dust hazard sign to warn against potential deflagration and explosion hazards from grain dust atmospheres that may occur due to the handling of grain.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $850 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 facility, the employer did not develop and implement a written housekeeping program that established the frequency and method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces in areas including, but not limited to, the following:  elevator main floor, elevator upper floors, elevator basement, feed mill main floor, and feed mill basement.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances E200M102M104

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 elevator basement, fugitive grain dust accumulations of 0.237 to 23 inches which had covered floor surfaces such as the floor in the Northeast corner, North side, South side, near North leg, near South leg, Southeast of center concrete support, and tunnel East of the North and South legs were not immediately removed.    b.  In the elevator basement, fugitive grain dust accumulations of 0.148 to 0.325 inches which had covered the stair steps were not immediately removed.    c.  In the elevator basement, fugitive grain dust accumulations of 0.230 to 3.5 inches which had covered upper surfaces such as the center concrete support, sump pump, concrete support at East wall South of the legs, boot for South leg, chute for South leg, boot for North leg, and chute for North leg were not immediately removed.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(4):  Grain and product spills shall not be considered fugitive grain dust accumulations.  However, the housekeeping program shall address the procedures for removing such spills from the work area:    a.  At the facility, the employer did not develop and implement a written housekeeping program that established the procedures for removing product spills in the elevator and feed mill.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(n):  Grain stream processing equipment.  The employer shall equip grain stream processing equipment (such as hammer mills, grinders, and pulverizers) with an effective means of removing ferrous material from the incoming grain stream:    a.  Adjacent to the West side of the feed mill, the flaker was not equipped with an effective means of removing ferrous material from the incoming grain stream.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $850 Reduced

Hazardous substances E101E200M104

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 main floor of the elevator, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, an approximately 25 foot extension cord, Sullivan's Air Express Blow Dryer III, and Craftsman Wet/Dry Vac (model: 113 177370; S/N: 97044U0757) 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.  PHOTOS:  835-838 & 891.    b.  In the motor control room on the main floor of the elevator, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, 120 and 220 VAC disconnect boxes, duplex receptacle, control panels and a circuit breaker box for motors, receptacles, and lights, 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 reclassified as a non-hazardous location by providing positive pressure ventilation in conjunction with self-closing doors with seals and ensuring that the room was constructed to prevent the entrainment of grain dust.  PHOTOS:  839-842.    c.  In the basement of the elevator, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, the South ceiling light which was missing its globe and the North ceiling light which was missing its globe 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.  PHOTOS:  859-860.    d.  In the main floor of the feed mill, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, two duplex receptacles for the portable bag closer, snap switch and duplex receptacle for the corn oil tank pump, two additional duplex receptacles and circuit breaker box on column at West wall, light with missing globe on ladder post, five additional lights with missing and/or broken globes, and a duplex receptacle and snap switch for two lights on column near stairway 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.  PHOTOS: 870-880.    e.  In the basement of the feed mill, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, snap switch for control room light, double snap switch on wall partition, duplex receptacle and light with broken globe on East wall, and light with missing globe at grain mill pit auger 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.  PHOTOS:  881; 883-885.    f.  In the control room of the feed mill basement, electrical equipment including, but not limited to, 120 and 220 VAC disconnect boxes, control panels and a circuit breaker box, 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 reclassified as a non-hazardous location by providing positive pressure ventilation in conjunction with self-closing doors with seals and ensuring that the room was constructed to prevent the entrainment of grain dust.  PHOTOS:  881-882.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(3): A certification record shall be maintained of each inspection, performed in accordance with this paragraph (m), containing the date of the inspection, the name of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the equipment specified in paragraph (m)(1)(i) of this section that was inspected:    a.  At the facility, the employer did not maintain certification records for inspections performed on equipment including, but not limted to, the following:  continuous-flow bulk raw grain dryer, bucket elevators, dust collection equipment, hammer mill, crimper, and flaker.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

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 facility, the employer did not have a material safety datat sheet (MSDS) or safety data sheet (SDS) for each hazardous chemical which employees used such as gasoline, diesel, propane, oil, grease, oxygen, and acetylene.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

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 in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about 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 data sheets:    a.  At the facility, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees who were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as gasoline, diesel, propane, oil, grease, oxygen, and acetylene.