OSHA Inspection: WORLD FOOD PROCESSING

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:     (a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not implement a noise monitoring program. Noise exposure levels were 98.5 to 108.3 dBA.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:     (a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not develop or maintain an audiometric testing program or conducted audiometric testing for employees exposed to noise levels above 85 dBA.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

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) Throughout the facility; A confined space program was not implemented prior to entry of confined spaces.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(C): Employees entered into permit spaces that met the conditions set forth in 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i) but before an employee entered the space, the internal atmosphere was not tested with a calibrated direct-reading instrument:    (a) Throughout the facility; Atmospheric monitoring was not conducted prior to entering confined spaces.       (b) Throughout the facility; Their four-gas meter was not calibrated prior to monitoring atmospheric conditions in confined spaces.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Throughout the facility; Training for Confined Space Entry was not provided for each employee who entered confined spaces.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(j)(4): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor verified that rescue services were available and that the means for summoning them were operable:      (a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not verify that rescue services were available prior to each permit required space entry for spaces such as, but not limited to;      i. Process tanks   ii. Dryer bag house

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

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:    (a) Throughout the production area; Lockout procedures were not developed to isolate hazardous energy associated with equipment for the following operations:    i. Jet cookers     ii. Process Tanks      iii. Dryer        iv. Decanters centrifuge

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation:    (a) Throughout the facility; Training was not conducted to inform authorized employees of the purpose of an energy control program, types of energy, and means for isolating hazardous sources of energy.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

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:      (a) Rewet area; Energy isolation devices were not used during cleaning operations on feed augers.

Issued

2014-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:      (a) Throughout the facility; Lockout devices were not applied by each employee performing work on locked out equipment, such as, but not limited to;       i. Electric motors, VFDs, and process piping for process tanks in the production area, # 5 and 9- Maintenance employees,      ii. Hydraulic pumps, electric motors, VFD, natural gas supply line, and air supply line in the dryer area,      iii. Decanters centrifuge drive motors and process piping in the wet process area.