OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL OHIO BIOENERGY, LLC

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    a) At the establishment, where employees were exposed to infectious enteric pathogens, a hazard assessment had not been performed.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i)(C): The employer develops monitoring and inspection data that supports the demonstrations required by paragraphs (c)(5)(i)(A) and (c)(5)(i)(B) of this section;    a) At the establishment, employees entered the dry recovery pit, a permit-required confined space, under the alternative procedures of 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i)(A) through 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(H) in order to clean a grinder. The employer had not developed monitoring and inspection data necessary for the use of the alternative procedures.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i)(E): The determinations and supporting data required by paragraphs (c)(5)(i)(A), (c)(5)(i)(B), and (c)(5)(i)(C) of this section are documented by the employer and are made available to each employee who enters the permit space under the terms of paragraph (c)(5) of this section or to that employee's authorized representative;   a) At the establishment, employees entered the dry recovery pit, a permit-required confined space, under the alternative procedures of 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i)(A) through 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(H) in order to clean a grinder. The employer had not made the monitoring and inspection data available to employees.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(H): The employer shall verify that the space is safe for entry and that the pre-entry measures required by paragraph (c)(5)(ii) of this section have been taken, through a written certification that contains the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person providing the certification. The certification shall be made before entry and shall be made available to each employee entering the space or to that employee's authorized representative.  a) At the establishment, employees entered the dry recovery pit, a permit-required confined space, under the alternative procedures of 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i)(A) through 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(H) in order to clean a grinder. The employer had not verified that the space was safe for entry through a written certification prior to entering the space.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he or she begins work, and shall remove those devices when he or she stops working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained.     a) On or about October 30, 2014 an employee entered the dry recovery pit, a permit-required confined space, to assist the plant manager in cleaning the grinder. The employee cleaned rags and trash from the grinder and had not placed his lock on the grinder's lock-out device.