OSHA Inspection: ARCO CONCRETE, INC.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Sep 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $900 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):  The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure and employee training to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4):     (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 27th, 2015, the employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure and employee training to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative, including but not limited to the following:      (1)        Concrete Mixer  (2)        Concrete Silo       Abatement Note:  As part of an energy-control program, employers must:       (1)Establish energy-control procedures for removing the energy supply from machines and for putting appropriate lockout or tagout devices on the energy-isolating devices to prevent unexpected reenergization.  When appropriate, the procedure also must address stored or potentially reaccumulated energy.       (2)Train employees on the energy-control program, including the safe application, use, and removal of energy controls; and       (3)Inspect these procedures periodically (at least annually) to ensure that they are being followed and that they remain effective in preventing employee exposure to hazardous energy.       The energy-control procedures must outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques that employees will use to control hazardous energy sources, as well as the means that will be used to enforce compliance.  These procedures must provide employees at least the following information:       (1)A statement on how to use the procedures;       (2)Specific procedural steps to shut down, isolate, block, and secure machines;       (3)Specific steps designating the safe placement, removal, and transfer of lockout/tagout devices and identifying who has responsibility for the lockout/tagout devices; and       (4)Specific requirements for testing machines to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy-control measures.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer shall did not conduct periodic inspections of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard were being followed.   (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 27, 2015, the employer had not conducted an annual or more frequent inspection of the lockout/tagout procedures to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of the energy control program were being followed to protect employees from unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy.  This condition includes but is not limited to the following:     (1)        "Concrete Mixer;  (2)        "Concrete Silo"

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i):  The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees, and to ensure that employees acquired the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of energy control devices:   (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc., at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 27th, 2015, the employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees, and to ensure that employees acquired the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of energy control devices.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $900 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).     (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 27th, 2015, the employer did not ensure that each industrial truck operator was competent to operate the Hyster 8100 lb gas powered forklift as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation as prescribed by OSHA regulations. This condition exposed the employees to the hazard of improper forklift operation.     Abatement Note:  Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i): The employer did not perform refresher training, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of that training, as required by paragraph (l)(4)(ii) to ensure that the operator had the knowledge and skills needed to operate the powered industrial truck safely.  (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 5th, 2015, the employer did not perform refresher training, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of that training, as required by paragraph (l)(4)(ii) to ensure that the operator had the knowledge and skills needed to operate the powered industrial truck safely as required by OSHA regulations.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Sep 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $900 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.     (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621:  On and before May 27th, 2015, the employer did not ensure the operator of the concrete mixer was protected from rotating horizontal mixing blade of the mixer. The mixer had an existing guard that did not protect the operator from the point of operation hazard. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of being caught by the mixing blade.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $900 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:       (a)Arco Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621:  On and before May 27th, 2015,the employer did not ensure that the point of operation, on the Grizzly table saw in the concrete form shop, was guarded at the exposed portion of the blade, to prevent employees from having any part of their body in the danger zone during operating cycles.  This condition exposed the employee to the hazard of amputation.       Abatement Note:  To properly guard the saw:       (a)Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood.       (1)The hood shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut.       (2)The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed.       (3)The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely to cause tooth breakage.       (4)The hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be positive, reliable, and in true alignment with the saw; and the mounting shall be adequate in strength to resist any reasonable side thrust or other force tending to throw it out of line.       (b)Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator.       (1)The spreader shall be made of hard tempered steel, or its equivalent, and shall be thinner than the saw kerf.       (2)The spreader shall be of sufficient width to provide adequate stiffness or rigidity to resist any reasonable side thrust or blow tending to bend or throw it out of position.       (3)The spreader shall be attached so that it will remain in true alignment with the saw even when either the saw or table is tilted.(c)Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be provided with nonkickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator. They shall be   designed to provide adequate holding power for all the thicknesses of materials being cut.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $900 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):  On and offhand grinding machine, a work rests was not used to support the work.     (a)  ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621; On and before May 27, 2015, an offhand grinding machine did not have a work rest to support work taking place on it.  Condition exposed employees utilizing the grinding machine to laceration and amputation hazards due to a lack of control on the items being serviced on the grinder.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)     (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621:  On and before May 27th, 2015, the employer did not ensure the distance between the abrasive wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one-fourth inch on the pedestal grinder. The condition exposed employees to a hazard associated with the grinding wheel shattering and  being struck-by the fragments.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2): An employer with more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year did not keep OSHA injury and illness records and was not classified as a partially exempt industry under �� 1904.2.  (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 27th, 2015, the employer failed to maintain injury and illness logs as required by OSHA regulations.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1904.32(a)(4): The employer failed to post the annual summary no later than February 1 of the year following the year covered by the records and keep the posting in place until April 30.  (a)  ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621;  The employer failed to post the annual summary no later than February 1 of the year following the year covered by the records and keep the posting in place until April 30 contrary to OSHA regulations.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also included a hazardous chemicals list and methods used to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks.   (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, FT Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 25th, 2015, a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also included a hazardous chemicals list and methods used to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks, had not been developed for employee exposures.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s).   (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc., at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621; The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area as required by OSHA regulations.

Issued

Aug 4, 2015

Abate by

Sep 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area.     (a)ARCO Concrete, Inc. at 12672 WCR 6 1/4, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621: On and before May 25th, 2015, the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area as required by OSHA regulations.