OSHA Inspection: KENSAL FARMERS ELEVATOR COMPANY

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Jul 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii): The employer did not immediately remove any fugitive grain dust accumulations whenever they exceeded 1/8-inch (.32 cm) at priority housekeeping areas, pursuant to the housekeeping program for grain elevators:     (a) On or about January 28, 2015, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to fire and/or explosion hazards while performing work activities in the main elevator where dust accumulations on the floor in the boot pit were in excess of 1/8-inch in depth at Kensal Farmers Elevator Company, located at 611 Parker Street in Kensal, North Dakota.     (b) On or about January 28, 2015, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to fire and/or explosion hazards while performing work activities in the main elevator where dust accumulations on the floor area of the bin floor level with piles up to approximately 8 inches in depth at Kensal Farmers Elevator Company, located at 611 Parker Street in Kensal, North Dakota.     (c) On or about January 28, 2015, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to fire and/or explosion hazards while performing work activities in the main elevator where dust accumulations on the floor in the head house were up to 3/4-inch in depth at Kensal Farmers Elevator Company, located at 611 Parker Street in Kensal, North Dakota.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(q)(5): The employer did not equip bucket elevators with a motion detection device which will shut down the bucket elevator when the belt speed is reduced by no more than 20% of the normal operating speed:     (a) On or about January 28, 2015, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to fire and/or explosion hazards while performing work activities in the main elevator house where the facility has a holding capacity of approximately 3.7 million bushels at Kensal Farmers Elevator Company, located at 611 Parker Street in Kensal, North Dakota.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(q)(6)(i): The employer did not equip bucket elevators with a belt alignment monitoring device which will initiate an alarm to employees when the belt is not tracking properly:     (a) On or about January 28, 2015, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to fire and/or explosion hazards while performing work activities in the main elevator house where the facility has a holding capacity of approximately 3.7 million bushels at Kensal Farmers Elevator Company, located at 611 Parker Street in Kensal, North Dakota.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2): Employees assigned special tasks in the grain handling facility, such as bin entry and handling of flammable or toxic substances, were not provided training to perform these tasks safely:   (a)  On or about January 26, 2015, and at times prior to that date, for the employees performing atmospheric testing with a Gas Alert Quattro 4-gas detector prior to bin entry operations where the employees lacked the knowledge to properly evaluate safe entry conditions at Kensal Farmers Elevator Company, located at 611 Parker Street in Kensal, North Dakota.