OSHA Inspection: THOMAS HOOKER BREWING CO.

Issued

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6236.00 · Current $3118.00 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:  Brewing Room; back near chemical storage  On or about 8/11/16, employees use Blend Foaming Acid Cleaner, which contains 30-40% phosphoric acid and has a pH of 1-2, for tank and equipment cleaning/sanitizing.  There was not a suitable means available to flush the eyes and body in the areas of use including, but not limited to the area where these materials are stored in 55-gallon drum quantities.

Issued

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6236.00 · Current $3118.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(c): Storage areas were not kept free from accumulation of materials that constitute hazards from tripping, fire, explosion, or pest harborage:  Chemical Storage Area:  On or about 8/11/16, incompatible chemicals were stored in close proximity to each other without secondary containment or any other means of separation.  The chemicals stored together included 55-gallon drums of an organic peroxide (peroxyacetic acid), an acid (phosphoric acid) and a base (sodium hydroxide).  Both the acid and the base are incompatible with the organic peroxide and with each other, per the safety data sheets, and may result in a violent reaction if combined.

Issued

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $2494.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   Brewery; throughout  On or about8/11/16, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for chemicals used in the brewery, including but not limited to Blend Foaming Acid Cleaner, which contains phosphoric acid and is corrosive with a pH of 1-2 and Wyandotte 4325 PEROX, which contains peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid and is corrosive and an oxidizer.

Issued

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Brewery; though out   On or about8/11/16, the employer did not develop and implement hazard communication training for employees working with chemicals used in the brewery, including but not limited to Blend Foaming Acid Cleaner, which contains phosphoric acid and is corrosive with a pH of 1-2 and Wyandotte 4325 PEROX, which contains peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid and is corrosive and an oxidizer.

Issued

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.  Brewing room; Fermentation and Bright Tanks  On or about 8/11/16,  the fermentation and bright tanks used in the brewing process did not have required Permit-required Confined Space Signs posted on them.  The process in the tanks accumulate carbon dioxide and can have a low oxygen concentration.  No employees enter the tanks for work.