OSHA Inspection: TALON WINE BRANDS

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.       (a)    Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not evaluate the fermentation tanks to determine if they are permit-required confined spaces. This condition exposed employees who enter the tanks to atmospheric hazards such as carbon dioxide.        Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)         Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not post a sign on the outside of the fermentation tanks, informing employees of the dangers of that space.     Note: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)         Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not have a permit required confined space program.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:       (a)               Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace specific written hazard communication program which describes how the specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met. This condition exposes employees to respiratory hazards associate with carbon dioxide.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):  Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.   (a)   Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not provide employees with hazardous chemical training. The employer did not provide employees with training on their potential exposure to carbon dioxide.  (b)   Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not provide employees with training on safety data sheets.                                                   Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(iii): The employer did not provide information to the employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program, and material safety data sheets:    (a)   Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not inform employees of the location of the safety data sheets.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  A written respiratory protection program with worksite specific procedures, as specified in subparagraphs (c)(1)(i) through (ix) of this section, was not established and implemented where respirator(s) were required by the employer:    (a)               Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not ensure that a written respiratory protection program was established and implemented in the workplace when the employer required the use of respirators during wine production operations.     Abatement Note:  The written program shall include at least the following:    (1)   Procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace;    (2)   Medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators;    (3)   Fit testing procedures for tight fitting respirators;    (4)   Procedures for proper use of respirators in routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations;    (5)   Procedures and schedules for cleaning, disinfection, storing, inspection., repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators;    (6)   Procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for atmosphere-supplying respirators;    (7)   Training of employees in the respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed during routine and emergency situation;    (8)   Training of employees in the proper use of respirators, including putting on and removing them, any limitations on their use, and their maintenance; and    (9)   Procedure for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").    Abatement Note: Please review the sample respiratory protection program outlined in the "Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Respiratory Protection Standard" (2011) on pages 101-111.

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):  The employer did not 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)               Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not conduct air monitoring to determine employees exposure to the air contaminants associated with the wine production performed at the job site.  This condition exposed employees to respiratory hazards.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is  required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employees were fit tested or required to use a respirator in the workplace:    (a)               Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014, the employer did not ensure that all employees who are required to wear respirator were medically evaluated.    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (See enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) annually:     (a)   Talon Wine Brands, 3701 G Road, Palisade, CO 81526: On and before January 27, 2014,, the employer did not ensure that employees they required to wear tight-fitting half mask respirators passed a fit test on an annual basis.                                                                  Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").