OSHA Inspection: LEWIS TAYLOR FARMS

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,570 · Current $2,000 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: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.    a) Production Area, on or about and at times preceding to July 2, 2014, numerous areas were identified as missing amid rail including areas such as, but not limited to: mezzanine, truck docking area, melon pools, and grading stations, exposing employees up to a 10 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.24(h): Standard railings were not provided on the open sides of all exposed stairways and stair platforms:  (a) Production Area, on or about July 8, 2014, 14-step industrial stairs to elevated levels were not equipped with a midrail, exposing employees up to a 10 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    (a) Production Area, sanitation chemical processes, one half mask elastomeric respirators were required for use during chemical exposure events and the company had not established a respiratory protection program which included elements such as but not limited to: training, medical evaluations, fit testing, storage, and inspection.     A minimally acceptable respiratory protection program shall include all of the following   requirements:        1.  Written standard operating procedures governing the selection and use of the        respirators.        2.  Only approved respirators shall be used.  Respirators shall be selected on the basis        of hazards to which the worker is exposed.        3.  Respirators must be provided free of charge where respirators are needed to protect        the health of the employees.        4.  Employers must provide (free of charge) a medical evaluation to determine each        employee's fitness to wear a respirator before initial use.        5.  Before initial respirator use, fit testing is required for all employees using a negative        or positive pressure tight-fitting respirators where such respirators are required by OSHA        or where the employer requires the use of such respirator.       6.  The user shall be instructed and trained in the proper use of respirators and their        limitations.        7.  Surveillance of the work area conditions and degree of employee exposure or stress        shall be conducted.        8.  Employer must ensure the use of respirators where respirators are needed to protect        the health of the employees.        9.  Respirators shall be regularly cleaned and disinfected to keep them in a sanitary        condition.        10. Respirators shall be stored in a clean and sanitary location to prevent damage and        contamination.        11. Respirators shall be inspected during cleaning and repaired when necessary.        12. There shall be regular inspection an evaluation to determine the continued        effectiveness of the program.        13. Compressed breathing air must meet at least the requirements for Grade D breathing        air.        14. The employer must establish and retain medical evaluation results and fit testing.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 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) Production Area, on or about and at times proceeding to July 2, 2014, an energy control program had not been fully developed for maintenance and servicing on equipment such as pumps, conveyors, coolers, and sanitizing system.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i): A procedure was not utilized to afford the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device when servicing and/or maintenance was performed by a crew, craft:  (a) Throughout the Production Area, on or about July 2, 2014, a group lockout procedure had not been developed for performing maintenance work on equipment such as, but not limited to: conveyors, coolers, and pump maintenance.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a) Chemical Storage Areas, on or about and at times preceding to July 2, 2014, an emergency eyewash was not provided in areas where 55 gallon drums of phosphoric acid, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chloride, and hydrochloric acid are connected into dispersion system.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Abate by

Oct 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0614

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) Production Area, on or about and at times proceeding to July 2, 2014, a written hazard communication program had not been established for workplace chemicals including: hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chlorite, propane, hydraulic fluid, lubricants and chlorine dioxide.

Issued

Sep 12, 2014

Abate by

Oct 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0614

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) Production Area, on or about and at times proceeding to July 2, 2014, employee training had not been established for workplace chemicals including: hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chlorite, propane, hydraulic fluid, lubricants and chlorine dioxide.