OSHA Inspection: AGRI-EMPRESA LLC

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Aug 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1):     The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces.    On or about 13 Februarys 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to asphyxiation, caught in, and caught between hazards while entering permit required confined spaces.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Aug 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2):     The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.      On or about 13 February 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to asphyxiation, caught in, and caught between hazards while unknowingly entering permit required confined spaces.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Aug 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(C):     Before an employee entered a space, the internal atmosphere was not tested with a calibrated direct-reading instrument for oxygen, flammable gases and vapors and potential toxic air contaminants.    On or about 14 February 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to asphyxiation hazards while entering confined spaces located inside of silos and access pits behind building six.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Aug 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

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 energy, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.      On or about 13 February 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to potentially hazardous energy while cleaning sensors of a palletizer machine exposing employees to amputation, caught in, and caught between hazards.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Aug 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 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.    On or about 13 February 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to potentially hazardous energy while cleaning sensors of a palletizer machine exposing employees to amputation, caught in, and caught between hazards.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,428 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3):     Sprocket chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:    On or before February 13 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to caught-in hazards while working near the palletizer machine due guards not being affixed to guard the chain.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Apr 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii):     Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields.    On or before 13 February 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to ultraviolet radiation, infrared radiation, and intense visible light while working in and near the maintenance building.

Issued

Mar 27, 2013

Abate by

Aug 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $420 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6):     The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer.    On or about 13 Februarys 2013 employees of Agri-Empresa LLC were exposed to respiratory hazards related to voluntary respirator use that resulted from a lack of training and medical evaluations.