OSHA Inspection: TIENERGY, LLC

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 Reduced

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:      (a) West side of screener machine; A steel platform was not equipped with guardrails.      (b) East side of screener machine; A concrete platform covered with a wooden deck was not equipped with guardrails.      (c) Main yard by shop; Connex boxes used as platforms were not equipped with guardrails.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:      (a) Grinding area; An energy control program (Lockout-Tagout) was not developed or implemented for employees that were performing servicing, maintenance, and cleaning activities.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 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) Grinding area; Energy isolation devices were not used during cleaning operations on equipment such as, but not limited to; grinders and conveying systems.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:    (a) Shop area and grinding areas; Portable fire extinguishers were not inspected monthly.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  (a) Shop area and grinding areas; Employees were not informed of how to use fire extinguishers or the hazards of putting out fires.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials, a minimum distance of 20 feet:    (a) Shop area- Compressed gas cylinders of oxygen were stored with cylinders of acetylene gas.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:    (a) Stationary grinding area, Diesel fuel transfer pump; Strain relief was not provided on the plug end of a flexible cord.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposes an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service:    (a) Shop area; Copper conductors were exposed on the flexible cord of an incandescent trouble light.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,175 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:     (a) Throughout the facility; A written hazard communication program was not develop and maintained.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:  (a) Shop and grinding area; Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) were not maintained and/or provided to the CSHO.

Issued

Aug 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  (a) Throughout the facility; Initial hazard communication training was not provided to inform employees of the hazards associated with working with chemicals in the workplace.  (b) Throughout the facility; Training was not provided to inform employees of the Global Harmonization System changes for container labeling and safety data sheet (SDS) format.