OSHA Inspection: LA ESPIGA DE ORO, INC.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Nov 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,920 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  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 the employees producing and packaging tortillas under elevated heat conditions were exposed to excessive heat:      a. On or about June 20, 2016, in the corn tortilla process area where employees were exposed to excessive heat conditions when producing corn tortillas in an indoor environment.      b. On or about June 21 and 22, 2016, in the flour tortilla process area where employees were exposed to excessive heat conditions when packing and processing flour tortillas in an indoor environment.      c. On or about July 5, 2016, in the corn tortilla packing area where employees were exposed to excessive heat conditions when packing and processing corn tortillas in an indoor environment.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(5): Enclosed workplaces were not so constructed, equipped, and maintained as to prevent the entrance or harborage of rodents, insects, or other vermin:    On or about June 20, 2016, in the Corn Process Room, where employees were exposed to a Sanitation Health Hazard from cockroaches without the employer preventing the entrance and harborage of insects.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,920 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    On or about June 20, 2016, in the Corn Process Room, elevated area, where employees were exposed to a chemical burn hazard when handling corrosive materials without suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Sep 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,920 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:     On or about June 20, 2016, at the facility, where the employer had not developed and implemented a hazard communication program, exposing employees to chemical burn hazards and fire hazards when working with hazardous chemicals including but not limited to propionic acid, lime remover, and flammable Teflon spray.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Aug 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:  On or about June 20, 2016, at the facility, where employees were exposed to chemical exposure hazards when working with chemicals in an unlabeled container without each container of chemical in the workplace being labeled.    Or in the alternative    29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

Issued

Aug 1, 2016

Abate by

Nov 30, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  On or about June 20, 2016, at the facility, where employees were exposed to chemical burn hazards when working with hazardous chemicals without each employee having been trained with effective information on the hazards of the chemicals in their work area.