HOULTON, ME —
OSHA Inspection: TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS, INC. in 48 MORNINGSTAR ROAD, HOULTON, ME 04730 (NAICS 311999). OSHA activity number 341524718.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- TATE & LYLE INGREDIENTS AMERICAS, INC.
- Site address
- 48 MORNINGSTAR ROAD
- City
- HOULTON
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 04730
- Mailing
- 48 MORNINGSTAR ROAD, HOULTON, ME 04730
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311999
- Employees
- 34
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.119 D03 I D
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016
- Abate by
- Jan 6, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $8,730 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(D): Information pertaining to the equipment in the process did not include relief system design and design basis: PO Storage Tank - The process safety information does not include the calculations used in determining the proper size for the two pressure relief valves on the tank.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8730
- — Z (S) $12471
1910.119 E07
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016
- Abate by
- Jan 6, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $8,730 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(7): The employer did not retain process hazards analyses and updates or revalidations for each process covered by this section, as well as the documented resolution of recommendations described in paragraph (e)(5) of this section for the life of the process: At the Facility - The employer had not retained the original process hazard analysis from 1991 nor any updates or revalidations nor the associated resolution of recommendations with the exception of the most recent hazard analysis conducted in 2013 for the propylene oxide covered process.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8730
- — Z (S) $12471
1910.119 L01
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016
- Abate by
- Jan 6, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $8,730 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(l)(1): The employer did not implement procedures to manage changes to process chemicals, technology, equipment, and procedures, and changes to facilities that affect a covered process: At the Facility - The employer did not implement the management of change per their written procedure for the change involving new piping for the propylene oxide covered process.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8730
- — Z (S) $12471
1910.119 N
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016
- Abate by
- Jan 6, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $8,908 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(n): The employer's emergency action plan did not include procedures for handling small releases: At the Facility - The employer's emergency action plan did not distinguish between a small release/spill and a large one, consequently, there was only one procedure and that was for handling large releases.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $8908
1910.119 O04
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016
- Abate by
- Dec 31, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $8,730 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(o)(4): The employer did not promptly determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the compliance audit, and document that deficiencies had been corrected: At the Facility - The employer did not respond to any of the findings of the September 2014 PSM compliance audit nor were the deficiencies corrected and documented.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8730
- — Z (S) $12471
1910.119 O05
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016
- Abate by
- Jan 6, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(o)(5): The employer did not retain the two (2) most recent compliance audits: At the Facility - The employer had retained only the most recent compliance audit of the process safety management program for propylene oxide.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341524718.
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