OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL READY MIX, LLC

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8): Every floor hole into which persons can accidentally walk were not guarded:    (a) On the catwalk alongside the conveyor to the top of the fly ash silo, there was a floor hole 3 1/2" by 7" that was not guarded.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): Exit access (es) was/were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points.      (a) The exit access down from the fly ash silo was only an 18 " wide catwalk alongside the conveyor with obstructions at poles and U-bolts down to 16 1/2".

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  (a) The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces, such as, but not limited to, the fly ash silo and the cement silos, were permit required confined spaces.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $4400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 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:    (a) The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs on the silos or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $6300.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:     (a) On or about June 11, 2013, at the Batavia plant (#21), the maintenance man and a helper entered the cement silo and there was no written permit space entry program in place that complied with the 29 CFR 1910.146.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(1): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not implement the measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry:     (a) On or about August 6, 2013, at the Middletown plant (Plant 8) and all the other plants, the employer did not implement measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entries into the silos.     (b) On or about June 11, 2013, at the Batavia plant (Plant #21), the employer did not implement measures to prevent unauthorized entries into the silos.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $6300.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(10): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by 29 CFR 1910.146:   (a) The employer did not develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits, such as, but not limited to, entries into the fly ash silos.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:      (a) On or about June 11, 2013, at the Batavia plant (plant #21), an entry permit was not filled out for work inside the cement silo.      (b) On or about August 6, 2013, at the Middletown plant (plant #8), an entry permit was not filled out for entry into the fly ash silo.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:       (a) The maintenance man, who the employer knew worked in different permit required confined spaces, such as, but not limited to, silos and bins, had not received training as an entrant into permit required confined spaces.       (b) On or about August 6, 2013, the plant manager/batch operator and the helper/trainee were not trained in their respective jobs as entrant and attendant for entry into the fly ash silo.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $6300.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue:     (a) On or about August 6, 2013, the employer had not developed procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services.       (b) On or about June 11, 2013, the employer had not developed procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(i): An employer who designated rescue and emergency services, pursuant to paragraph (d)(9) of this section, did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified:     (a)  On or about August 6, 2013, the employer had not evaluated the prospective rescuer's ability to respond in a timely manner.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(ii): When designating rescue and emergency services pursuant to paragraph (d)(9), the employer did not evaluate the prospective rescuer's ability, in terms of proficiency with rescue-related tasks and equipment, to function appropriately while rescuing entrants from the particular space or types of spaces identified:      (a)  On or about August 6, 2013, the employer did not evaluate the prospective rescuer's ability, in terms of proficiency.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4): The employer did not provide the equipment specified in paragraphs (d)(4)(i)-(d)(4)(ix) of this section at no cost to employees, did not maintain that equipment properly, and/or did not ensure that employees use that equipment properly:  (a) On or about August 6, 2013, and  (b) On or about June 11, 2013: the employer did not provide and ensure the usage of the following equipment:      1. Testing and monitoring equipment;      2. Communication equipment;      3. Rescue equipment such as, but not limited to, full body harness, retrieval line and a mechanical device/winch to assist in retrieval of personnel from vertical permit spaces more than 5 feet deep.

Issued

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3)(i): Each authorized entrant did not use a chest or full body harness, with a retrieval line attached at the center of the entrant's back near shoulder level, or above the entrant's head:     (a) On or about August 6, 2013, at Plant #8, the entrant did not wear a full body harness with a retrieval line attached when entry was made into the fly ash silo.     (b) On or about June 11, 2013, at the Plant #21 (Batavia, OH.), the entrant did not wear a full body harness with a retrieval line attached when entry was made into the cement silo.