OSHA Inspection: WAKEENEY REDI-MIX, INC

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $840.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:  Wakeeney Redi-Mix employees were exposed to respiratory hazards in that the employees are required to use respirators while chiseling and cleaning the inside of the cement truck.

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:   Wakeeney Redi-Mix employees were exposed to respiratory hazards in that the employee allowed voluntary use of elastomeric respirators without the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 provided.

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:   Wakeeney Redi Mix employees were exposed to respiratory hazards in that the employer allowed voluntarily use of elastomeric respirators without a medical examination.  Employee used the elastomeric respirators while working with dust from the cement mixes, to include Portland cement and sand.

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    Employees at Wakeeney Redi Mix were exposed to amputation hazards in that drive pulley for the gravel conveyance system was not guarded.

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical or inclined belt(s) were not enclosed by guard(s) conforming to the requirements specified at 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):   Employees at Wakeeney Redi Mix were exposed to amputation hazards in that drive belt for the gravel conveyance system was not guarded.

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):  Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:   Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards in that the employer did not certify employees had trained on forklifts.

Issued

2015-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:   Employees were exposed to respiratory and safety hazards in that the employer has not conducted a hazard assessment for exposure to hazards such as but not limited to Portland cement, forklift operation and conveyance system operation.