OSHA Inspection: BATESVILLE POULTRY EQUIPMENT, INC.

Issued

Apr 15, 2015

Abate by

May 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer does not initiate and maintain programs which provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    At the southwest poultry house, the employer did not conduct inspections of the job site. These conditions exposed the employees performing roof work to a fall in excess of 6 feet.

Issued

Apr 15, 2015

Abate by

May 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(b): Provisions were not made prior to commencement of the project for prompt medical attention in case of serious injury:    At the southwest poultry house, employees performing roof work were exposed to the danger of not receiving life saving medical care in that provisions were not made prior to the commencement of the project.

Issued

Apr 15, 2015

Abate by

May 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system, warning line system, or a safety monitoring system.    At the southwest poultry house, employees performing roof work were exposed to a fall in excess of 10 feet and were not protected against the hazard of falling.

Issued

Apr 15, 2015

Abate by

May 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer does not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    At the southwest poultry house, employees performing roof work, who had not received fall protection training, were exposed to the hazard of falling in excess of 6 feet.