OSHA Inspection: SPD TRANSFER SERVICES, LC

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    Employees were exposed to engulfment/asphyxiation hazards when vacuuming/removing grain product from hopper style rail cars while straddling, or standing adjacent to the open rail car hatch(s).  An evaluation of the workplace had not been conducted to determine that the hopper style rail cars were permit-required confined spaces.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2240.00 Reduced

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:  Employees were exposed to engulfment/asphyxiation hazards when vacuuming/removing grain product from hopper style rail cars while straddling, or standing adjacent to the open rail car hatch(s).  Adequate instruction was not provided to workers concerning the designation of hopper style rail cars as permit required confined spaces, and the hazards associated with working over and/or near the opening.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(3): When the employer decided its employees would not enter permit spaces, the employer did not take effective measures to prevent its employees from entering the permit spaces and did not comply with paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(6), and (c)(8) of this section:  Employees were exposed to engulfment/asphyxiation hazards when vacuuming/removing grain product from hopper style rail cars while straddling, or standing adjacent to the open rail car hatch(s).  An effective procedure had not been developed or implemented to ensure workers did not enter the open hatches of the hopper style rail cars when working over and/or near the opening.