OSHA Inspection: YILDIZ ENTEGRE USA, INC.

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jul 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    Myers Street Chip Corral, Wilmington, NC Shipping Terminal:  A wood chipper operator was exposed to continuous noise at 58.39% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour time weighted average sound level of 85dBA) or an equivalent sound level of approximately 86.1 dBA during the 334 minute sampling period on March 26, 2013; exposure calculations included zero increment for the 146 minutes not sampled.        ABATEMENT DOUCMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jul 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:    Myers Street Chip Corral, Wilmington, NC Terminal:  A noise monitoring program was not instituted to ensure employees engaged in wood chipping operations were not being overexposed to noise.

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jul 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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:    Myers Street, Chip Corral, Wilmington, NC Shipping Terminal:  The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for all employees engaged in wood chipping operations where products such as, but not limited to pine tree wood dust, soap, diesel fuel and machine lubricants were being used.        ABATEMENT DOUCMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jul 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    Myers Street, Chip Corral, Wilmington, NC Shipping Terminal:  The employer did not provided hazard communication training for all employees engaged in wood chipping operations where chemical products such as, but not limited to soap, pine tree wood dust, diesel fuel and machine lubricants were being used.        ABATEMENT DOUCMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1917.11(a): Active work areas shall be kept free of equipment and materials not in use, and clear of debris, projecting nails, strapping and other sharp objects not necessary for the work in progress:    Myers Street, Conex Boxes, Wilmington, NC Shipping Terminal:  The employer did not ensure that overflowing trash containers and equipment located outside two conex boxes that was not in use was properly discarded.

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jul 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1917.91(a)(1): The employer did not ensure the use of eye and/or face protection equipment when employees were exposed to eye and/or face hazards:    Myers Street Chip Corral, Wilmington, NC Shipping Terminal:  The employer did not ensure that employees engaged in chipping operations were wearing the proper eye and face protection when exposed to flying wood chips.        ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1917.112(b)(1): Guardrails were not provided at locations where employees were exposed to floor or wall openings or waterside edges, including bridges or gangway-like structures leading to pilings or vessel mooring or berthing installations, which presented a hazard of falling more than 4 feet or into the water:    Myers Street, Truck Dump, Wilmington, NC Shipping Terminal:   The elevated yellow metal platform had a broken guardrail on the right side thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 5 feet 7 inches to the ground.

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Jul 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1917.125: Ditches, pits, excavations and surfaces in poor repair were not guarded by readily visible barricades, rails or other equally effective means:    Myers Street, Near Truck Dump, Wilmington, NC Terminal:  The employer did not ensure the conveyor pit that houses the conveyor motor was guarded to protect employees from fall hazards greater than 7 feet to the ground.