OSHA Inspection: LA PROTEIN INC

Issued

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings:    On or about 2/3/16 at the Meat Mill bin platform; the employer allowed employees to work on the platform with a top rail of 38" high and no midrail; thus exposing employees to a fall distance of 10' to the level below.

Issued

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.27(d)(4): Vertical grab bars did not have the same spacing as the ladder side rails:     On or about 2/3/16 in the Meat Mill bin; the employer allowed employees to climb the portable metal ladder to access platform and employees did not have a grab bar to hold as they exit the stairs; thus exposing employees to a fall distance of 10'.

Issued

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    On or about 2/3/16 throughout the plant and yard; the employer allowed the employees to operate the Nissan Type G propane fork truck (serial #257H) without any documentation of their training and evaluation.

Issued

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1): Any power-operated industrial truck not in safe operating condition was not taken out of service, and/or repairs were not made by authorized personnel:  on or about 2/3/16 throughout the plant and yard; the employer allowed the employees to operate the Nissan Type G propane fork truck (serial #257H) without a working signal horn.

Issued

2016-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.33(a): 29 CFR 1904.33(a): The employer did not maintainthe OSHA 300 log, the privacy case list, the annual summary  and the OSHA 301 Inident Report forms for five (5) years following the end of the calendar year that those records covered.     On or about 2/3/16, the employer failed to maintain at its establishment the OSHA 300 log, the annual summary  and the OSHA 301 Incident Report forms  for year 2015.