OSHA Inspection: PERFORMANCE MINERALS CORPORATION

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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)  On or about 07/25/14 - Mixer Room, Bldg. #2, employees were not protected against falling from the open-sided floor above the production area.

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1): Every flight of stairs having four or more risers shall be equipped with standard stair railings or standard handrails as specified in paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (v) of this section, the width of the stair to be measured clear of all obstructions except handrails:    (a)  On or about 07/25/14 - Outside mixer area, handrails were not installed at the stairway.

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1): Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:  (a)  On or about 07/25/14 - Building #1, Gypsum Building, a mid rail was not provided at the stairway to the testing room.   (b)  On or about 07/25/14 - Building #2, Mixing Building, a mid rail was not provided at the stairway leading down to the floor of the mixing area.

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(5)(i): Handrail(s) did not consist of a lengthwise member that was mounted directly on a wall or partition by means of a bracket attached to the lower side of the handrail:    (a)  On or about 07/25/14 - Testing Room, the handrail at the stairway leading into the testing room was not  mounted to the wall or partition.

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Oct 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(5)(i): The ends of the handrail were not turned in to the supporting wall or otherwise arranged to prevent the ends from becoming a projection hazard:  (a)   On or about 07/25/14 - Mixer area, the handrails at the stairway leading down to the mixing floor were not turned in to prevent projection hazard(s).

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Jan 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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)  On or about 07/25/14 - Performance Minerals, Inc., 3450 Avenue B, Birmingham, AL  35218, the employer did not develop and implement a written energy control program.

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Dec 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein:      (b)  On or about 07/25/14 - Building 1, Gypsum Building, a one gallon can and a 5 gallon can of gasoline were not labeled to identify the contents within.    (c)  On or about 07/25/14 - Building 1, Gypsum Building, a 50 gallon drum of waste oil was not labeled to identify the contents within.

Issued

Sep 26, 2014

Abate by

Oct 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:  (a)  On or about 07/25/14 - Building #1, a 250 gallon tank of diesel fuel was not provided with the appropriate warning label.