OSHA Inspection: ATLANTIC COFFEE INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1): An emergency response plan was not developed and implemented to handle anticipated emergencies prior to the commencement of emergency response operations. The plan was not in writing and available for inspection and copying by employees, their representatives and OSHA personnel:    a)  At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the written emergency response plan was not implemented in that the company did not follow the procedures outlined in the emergency response plan prior to and during an emergency response to an uncontrolled release of carbon dioxide.      b) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the written emergency response plan was not available to employees.

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(i): The emergency response plan did not address pre-emergency planning and coordination with outside parties:    a) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the emergency response plan did not address coordination of responses to the uncontrolled release of hazardous substances with the Houston Fire Department.

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(ii): The emergency response plan did not address personnel roles, lines of authority, training, and communication:    a) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the emergency response plan did not address the training of employees required to respond to the uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance.

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii): Employees who participated as hazardous materials technicians, or were expected to participate as hazardous materials technicians, had not received at least 24 hours of training equal to the first responder operations level, and in addition have competency in the areas outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii)(A) through (q)(6)(iii)(I) and/or the employer did not so certify:    a) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, employees expected to stop the uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance had not received at least twenty-four hours of training, including the competencies outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120q)(6)(iii)(A), (q)(6)(iii)(B), and (q)(6)(iii)(D).

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(v): Incident commanders did not receive at least 24 hours of training equal to the first responder operations level and in addition have competency in the areas outline in 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(v)(A) through (q)(6)(v)(F) and/or the employer did not so certify:    a) At the facility on November 12, 2015, employees expected to fulfill the role of incident commander, as well as those that acted as incident commander during the uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance, had not received at least twenty-four hours of first responders operations level training; did not know and were not able to implement the employer's incident command system; and did not know how to implement the employer's emergency response plan in accordance with the competencies outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120 (q)(6)(v)(A), (q)(6)(v)(B), and (q)(6)(v)(D).

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(viii): The emergency response plan did not address emergency medical treatment and first aid:    a) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the emergency response plan does not make provisions for emergency medical treatment and first aid during the uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance.

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(x): The emergency response plan did not address critique of response and follow-up:    a) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, the emergency response plan did not contain procedures for evaluating emergency responses after the uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance.

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jan 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.156(b)(1): The employer elected to establish a fire brigade, and a statement or written policy was not maintained which establishes the existence of a fire brigade; the basic organizational structure; the type, amount and frequency of training:    a) At the facility, on or about November 12, 2015 and at times prior thereto, there was no written policy that established the existence of the employer's fire brigade.