JEFFERSONVILLE, OH ·
OSHA Inspection: BLUE GRASS FARMS
Planned inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of BLUE GRASS FARMS in 9768 MILL-JEFF ROAD, JEFFERSONVILLE, OH 43128 (NAICS 424510). OSHA activity number 339010597.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BLUE GRASS FARMS
- Site address
- 9768 MILL-JEFF ROAD
- City
- JEFFERSONVILLE
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43128
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 57, JEFFERSONVILLE, OH 43128
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 424510
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.95 C01
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,500 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: a) The employer did not institute a hearing conservation program for employees working the bagger and processing equipment who were exposed to sound levels of 90.3 dBA and 90.8 dBA for an 8-hour time weighted average.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2500
- · Z (S) $4900
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: a) A written hazard communication program had not been deleloped or implemented by the employer.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1300
- · Z (S) $2800
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h): Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and -2 on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced in : (a) The employer did not ensure that employees working with oils, greases, propane and cleaning chemicals had been trained on the hazards prior to their initial assignment.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.134 C02
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with sections i and ii of this paragraph (c)(2) for employees who chose to wear respirators where respirator use was not required: a) A written respirator program with the elements listed in paragraph (c)(2)(i) and (ii) was not developed for employees voluntarily wearing 3M 1/2 mask elastomeric respirators when cleaning out grain bins.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
1910.134 C02 I
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Jul 15, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible: a) Employees who voluntarily wore 2 strap filterfing facepiece respirators were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D of 1910.134.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339010597.
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