OSHA Inspection: GULF COAST BULK EQUIPMENT

Issued

2016-06-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $6300.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that front loader operators were exposed to the hazard of engulfment while removing material from the base or toe of a stockpile:  a) For the front loader operators removing material from the sulfur stockpile on 01/15/2016, at 5740 Pembroke Road, Gibsonton, FL.  A front loader operator, while moving material from the base of the stockpile, suffered asphyxia from material that engulfed the inside cab area, due to a steepened face collapse. The operator had not been provided training on the handling of stockpile material.  b) For the front loader operators removing material from the sulfur stockpile on 01/15/2016, at 5740 Pembroke Road, Gibsonton, FL. A front loader operator, while moving material from the base of the stockpile, suffered asphyxia from material that engulfed the inside cab area, due to a steepened face collapse. Safe techniques and/or methods had not been developed and/or established for the safe stockpiling of sulfur material.

Issued

2016-06-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-11 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:  a. At the site located on 5740 Pembroke Road, Gibsonton, FL, on or about 01/15/2016, there was no written certification verifying that the workplace hazard assessment had been conducted.