OSHA Inspection: DUKANE PRECAST INCORPORATED

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:   On or about July 20, 2013, at Dukane Precast Incorporated, a platform was not guarded by standard railing or its equivalent near the south side of the Batch Plant 3 mixer, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet.       Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $4400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(vii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide, maintain, and ensure the proper use of equipment, such as ladders, needed for safe ingress and egress by authorized entrants:    On or about July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated did not ensure that an authorized employee entrant into the Batch Plant 3 mud hopper used equipment needed for safe ingress and egress.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $5500.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3) When an authorized entrant entered a permit space, retrieval systems or methods were not used to facilitate non-entry rescue:    On or about July 20, 2013, at Dukane Precast Incorporated, an employee entered the mud hopper in Batch Plant 3 without the use of a retrieval system or method to facilitate non-entry rescue.       Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:  On or about July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated had not conducted a periodic inspection of their  energy control procedures for equipment in Batch Plant 3 in the past year.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $70000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CPR 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 July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated 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 Batch Plant 3 mixer and mud hopper.        Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $70000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including isolating the permit space:      On or about July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated did not implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for isolating the mixer and mud hopper in Batch Plant 3 from the hazards of the concrete mixing system and associated process materials.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated did not utilize established energy control procedures when an employee performed maintenance on the Batch Plant 3 mixer.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):     On or about July 20, 2013, at Dukane Precast Incorporated, maintenance work was performed on the Batch Plant 3 mixer without operating a line valve to isolate the mixer gate from the pneumatic energy source.        Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i):Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:     On or about July 20, 2013, at Dukane Precast Incorporated, maintence work was performed on the Batch Plant 3 mixer without a lockout device affixed to a pneumatic energy isolation device (line valve).   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(i): All potentially hazardous stored or residual energy was not relieved, disconnected, restrained or otherwise rendered safe after the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices:   On or about July 20, 2013, at Dukane Precast Incorporated, maintenance work was performed on the Batch Plant 3 mixer without relieving pneumatic energy that powered the mixer gate.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $70000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(6): The employer did not provide at least one attendant outside the permit space into which entry was authorized for the duration of entry operations:     On or about July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated did not provide an attendant during an authorized employee entry into the Batch Plant 3 mud hopper.       Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $70000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:     On or about July 20, 2013, Dukane Precast Incorporated did not prepare an entry permit for an authorized employee entry into the Batch Plant 3 mud hopper.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).