OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL PROCESSING CORPORATION

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:    a) Throughout the facility; The temporary employees did not receive hearing protection training from the employer.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:  a) Throughout the facility; The temporary employees did not receive affected employee training regarding energy control.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 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:  a) Throughout the facility; The temporary employees were not provided with effective information and training on hazard chemicals at the facility at the time of their initial assignment for chemicals such as but not limited to liquefied petroleum gas, diesel fuel, acetylene, lubricants, grease and corrosive materials.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form:    a) At the cement mixer; The employer did not evaluate the potential respiratory hazard exposures involved in the task of cleaning out the cement mixer with the pneumatic needle scaler.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(iii): The employer did not document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space had been eliminated, through a written certification that contained the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person making the determination:    a) At the cement mixer; The employer did not reclassify and document the permit required confined space as a non-permit required confined space prior to each entry through a written certification verifying that all hazards in the permit required confined space had been eliminated.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): Procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A), (c)(4)(ii)(B), (c)(4)(ii)(C) and (c)(4)(ii)(D):    a) Throughout the facility; The energy isolation procedures did not outline the scope, purpose, authorization, and rules regarding the control of hazardous energy and the means to enforce compliance. Also the energy control procedures did not include the magnitude of the types of energy or the proper means to dissipate the stored or residual energy.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct an annual or more frequent inspection of the energy control procedure to ensure that the procedure and requirements of this standard were followed:  a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not perform periodic inspections of the energy controls procedures on an at least annual basis.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):     a) At the Steinweg B40 bar bender/shear: The point of operation at the shear head was not adequately guarded.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Abate by

Oct 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv): There were damaged parts that may adversely affect safe operation or mechanical strength of the equipment, such as parts that are broken, bent, cut, or deteriorated by corrosion, chemical action or overheating:    a) In the Ready Mix building; The outer sheathing on the flexible cord to the overhead light was damaged and exposed the inner wires of the cord at the plug.

Issued

Sep 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i): When a powered industrial truck is left unattended, load engaging means were not fully lowered, controls were not neutralized, power was not shut off, and brakes set:  a) The Komatsu 25 powered industrial vehicle; The Komatsu forklift was unattended and the parking brake was not set on the forklift.