CENTER, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: TYSON FOODS, INC./TYSON FOODS
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of TYSON FOODS, INC./TYSON FOODS in 1019 SHELBYVILLE STREET, CENTER, TX 75935 (NAICS 311615). OSHA activity number 341276681.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- TYSON FOODS, INC./TYSON FOODS
- Site address
- 1019 SHELBYVILLE STREET
- City
- CENTER
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 75935
- Mailing
- 1019 SHELBYVILLE STREET, CENTER, TX 75935
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311615
- Employees
- 1400
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
11 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.133 A01
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2017
- Abate by
- Apr 13, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,688 · Current $9,688
2310P230S330
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation: Employees working near dip tanks in the cut-up and debone departments were exposed to eye irritation from splashing peracetic acid (PAA).
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $9687.5
- · Z (S) $9687.5
- · C (S) $9687.5
1910.133 A01
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2017
- Abate by
- Apr 13, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,688 · Current $9,688
2310P230S330
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation: Employees in the labeling department were exposed to eye and face burns while manually applying hot glue to boxes.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $9687.5
- · Z (S) $9687.5
- · C (S) $9687.5
1910.134 L01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $7,839 · Current $9,688
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1): The employer did not conduct evaluations of the workplace as necessary to ensure that the provisions of the current written program are being effectively implemented and that it continues to be effective. (a) The employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees wearing respirators while cleaning up spills of peracetic acid (PAA), exposing employees to respiratory hazards associated with respiratory use.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $9687.5
- · C (S) $7839
- · Z (S) $7839
1910.151 C
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 9, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $9,799 · Current $9,688 Reduced
1430S227
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person was exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body was not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use: (a) Employees working in the water treatment facility were exposed to chemical burns of the eyes and skin from exposure to sodium hypochlorite; (b) Employees hooking up HCP pH Control (caustic) in the outside bulk chemical storage area were exposed to chemical burns of the eyes and skin.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $9687.5
- · C (S) $9799
- · Z (S) $9799
1910.1000 A02
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $11,758 · Current $0 Reduced
0530
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon dioxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 5,000 parts per million (ppm): Employees working in the paw room were exposed to carbon dioxide at an 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) over the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 5,000 ppm: (a) In the paw room, one stack off employee was exposed to carbon dioxide at an 8-hour TWA of 6,092.56 ppm, approximately 1.2 times the PEL of 5,000 ppm. Sampling was performed for 258 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the 222 minute period not sampled; (b) In the paw room, one grader was exposed to carbon dioxide at an 8-hour TWA of 10,133.2 ppm, approximately 2.0 times the PEL of 5,000 ppm. Sampling was performed for 392 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the 88 minute period not sampled.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $11758
- · Z (S) $11758
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $9,688
0530
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): (a) The employer did not implement feasible administrative or engineering controls to achieve compliance with the permissible exposure limit for carbon dioxide for employees using dry ice in the paw room.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $9687.5
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1200 G01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $0 Reduced
P230
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use: (a) The employer did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for peracetic acid (PAA), exposing employees to hazards associated with exposure to peracetic acid.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $12471
- · Z (S) $12471
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 9, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $9,688
14302310P230S330
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (a) Employer did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for peracetic acid (PAA), exposing employees to the hazards associated with exposure to peracetic acid. (b) Employees working near dip tanks containing peracetic acid (PAA) in the cut-up and debone departments were not provided with effective information and training on that chemical. (c) Employees using sulfuric acid and peracetic acid titrant to check levels of peracetic acid in dip tanks throughout the facility were not provided with effective information and training on those chemicals. (d) Employees hooking up HCP pH Control (caustic) and undiluted peracetic acid (PAA) in the outside bulk chemical storage area were not provided with effective information and training on those chemicals. (e) Employees working near dip tanks in the cut-up and debone departments were not informed of the presence of peracetic acid (PAA) in the dip tanks, exposing employees to hazards associated with exposure to peracetic acid.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $9687.5
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1200 H02 II
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Sep 9, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $9,799 · Current $0 Reduced
P230
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(ii): The employer did not provide information to the employees on operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present: (a) Employees working near dip tanks in the cut-up and debone departments were not informed of the presence of peracetic acid (PAA) in the dip tanks, exposing employees to hazards associated with exposure to peracetic acid.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $9799
- · Z (S) $9799
1910.133 A01
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $68,591 · Current $9,688 Reduced
2310P230S330
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation: Employees checking levels of peracetic acid in dip tanks throughout the facility were exposed to eye injuries from sulfuric acid and peracetic acid titrant.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $9687.5
- · C (R) $68591
- · Z (R) $68591
1910.134 F02
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 25, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
P230
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter: (a) The employer did not ensure that employees using respirators while cleaning up spills of peracetic acid (PAA) were fit tested prior to the initial use of the respirator, exposing employees to respiratory hazards associated with respirator use.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $0
- · C (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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