OSHA Inspection: PENFORD FOOD INGREDIENTS

Issued

2013-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1):  All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:    a)  On or about 07/02/2013, accumulations of combustible potato starch dust in the Fitz Mill room were located on electrical conduit, pneumatic conveying piping, guard housings, top surfaces of equipment's structural metal, and motor housings.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i):   When the employer had assessed the workplace hazard(s) and determined that hazard(s) were present, the employer did not select and/or use the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment:     a)  On or about 06/13/2013, when the employer had assessed the workplace hazards associated with transferring phosphorus oxychloride (POCl3) to a common chemical drum for disposal and had determined what hazards were present, the employer did not use the types of chemical protective clothing that would protect employees from the POCl3 or its byproducts of hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2013-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $1785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):  One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    a)  On or about 07/02/2013, the employer did not provide one or more methods of machine guarding to protect roll operators, flash operators and shift leads in the robotic enclosure area of the packaging room from struck-by hazards created by the moving packaging robot.     NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION OR ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2013-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A):  Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:    a)  On or about 08/13/2013, a flexible extension cord was used as a substitute for fixed wiring for a metal detector located in the packaging department on the first level platform.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous Class II, Division 2 locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for the hazardous Class II, Division 2 location:    a)  Fitz Mill Room - Conduit bodies, and Champ DMV Series lighting fixtures 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 on or about 07/02/2013.    b)  Packaging Area - Conduit bodies, Champ DMV Series lighting fixtures, a Cleanpak II main electrical enclosure, an electrical outlet were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 2 location on or about 08/13/2013.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.