OSHA Inspection: NEWBERRY TANKS AND EQUIPMENT, LLC

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8): Every floor hole into which persons can accidentally walk were not guarded:     On or about September 11, 2013 and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to trip and fall hazards from a missing section of floor grating around a roller drive mechanism beneath the #4 five ton crane.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.   On or about September 12, 2013 and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fall hazards of greater than four feet from the balcony at the front of the Faith Tank building.  Guard rails were not in place on the open sides of the balcony.  The height from the floor of the balcony to the surface below was measured at approximately 88 1/2 inches.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), were dispensed into containers without the nozzle and container being electrically interconnected.     On or about September 11, 2013 and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fire hazards while transferring  naphtha from 55 gallon metal drums into 5 gallon metal containers without having them electrically interconnected.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1600.00 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:    On or about September 11, 2013 and times prior thereto a makeshift device was fashioned and used to mimic the human action of depressing and holding the roller start button on the control for the "big bending rollers".  By allowing the rollers to operate without the operator maintaining contact on the run button the point of operation protection for the operator is defeated.

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields:     On or about September 12, 2013 and times prior thereto employees in the weld booths in the Faith Tank building were not protected by noncombustible screens.  The cardboard in use as screening material is combustible and presents a fire hazard

Issued

2013-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:    On or about September 11, 2013 and times prior thereto employees were exposed to the hazards of an electrical shock.   The flexible power cord powering a 44 inch diameter floor fan between the shear and press brake was spliced and wrapped in electrical tape with an undetermined insulation value.