ALBANY, CA ·
OSHA Inspection: U.S.D.A. WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of U.S.D.A. WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER in 800 BUCHANAN STREET, ALBANY, CA 94710 (NAICS 926140). OSHA activity number 340124841.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- U.S.D.A. WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
- Site address
- 800 BUCHANAN STREET
- City
- ALBANY
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 94710
- Mailing
- 800 BUCHANAN STREET C/O CAROLYN GARICA, ALBANY, CA 94710
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 926140
- Employees
- 226
- Ownership type
- Federal government (D)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.37 B02
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit": Food Processing Lab, Room F005: There were two sets of double doors in this laboratory and the southwest facing set of doors led directly to an egress route where as the east facing set of doors did not.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2014
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: Facility: The employer did not ensure that an Energy Control Program or training was provided to employees who routinely conducted maintenance and modified equipment and machinery.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1910.147 C05 I
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2014
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources: Facility: The employer did not provide the proper LOTO hardware to employees who had to shut down energy to equipment and machinery for maintenance and modification purposes.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 340124841.
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