OSHA Inspection: CUSTOM PROCESSING SERVICES LLC

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,726 · Current $1,908 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 (or equivalent) and toeboards:    a) 6500 Blender: Employees were required to enter the blender and work along the open edge approximately 11 feet above the floor and a standard railing was not present, on or about September 9, 2016.    Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toe board.  a) Blender Room: Employees were leaning over the open 6500 blender to open sacks of materials and the open tank was not guarded with a standard railing, on or about September 9, 2016.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,726 · Current $1,908 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that employees used the testing and monitoring equipment properly:     a) Blender Room: The employer did not ensure that employees used the proper air monitoring equipment to appropriately monitor the atmosphere in the blender prior to entry, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(vii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide at no cost to employees equipment, such as ladders, needed for safe ingress and egress by authorized entrants:    a) Blender Room: Employees were not provided appropriate equipment for safe ingress and egress and were required to step on the spindle to enter and exit the space, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary  a) Blender Room: Employees entering a confined space tested for oxygen but did not evaluate the space for combustible gases or vapors or other toxic gases prior to entry, on or about September 9, 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,726 · Current $1,908 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(7): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the hazards of the permit space to be entered:     a) Blender Room: Employees were required to enter the blender to clear jams and clean in between products and the entry permit did not identify the hazards of the permit space such as blade movement and atmospheric hazards, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(8): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the measures used to isolate the permit space and to eliminate or control permit space hazards before entry:    a) Blender Room: Employees were required to enter the blender to clear jams and clean in between products and the entry permit did not identify the measures used to eliminate or control the mechanical and atmospheric hazards of the permit space, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(9): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the acceptable entry conditions:  a) Blender Room: Employees were required to enter the blender to clear jams and clean in between products and the entry permit did not identify the acceptable entry conditions, on or about September 9, 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(10): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the results of initial and periodic tests performed under 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5), accompanied by the names or initials of the tester:   a) Blender Room: Employees were required to enter the blender to clear jams and clean in between products and the entry permit did not identify the results of the periodic atmospheric tests performed, on or about September 9, 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(11): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services:   a) Blender Room: Employees were required to enter the blender to clear jams and clean in between products and the entry permit did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned at the means for summoning those services, on or about September 9, 2016.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,726 · Current $1,908 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(j)(4): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor verified that rescue services were available and that the means for summoning them were operable:    a) Blender Room: Employees are required to enter the 6500 Blender to dislodge material and cleaning out the blender and the employer did not ensure the entry supervisor verified that rescue services were available, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 14, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(iv): The employer who had designated rescue and emergency services did not inform each rescue team or service of the hazards they may confront when called to perform rescue at the site:  a) Blender Room: Employees are required to enter the 6500 Blender to dislodge material and clean out the blender and the employer did not inform the rescue service of the hazards they may encounter during a rescue, on or about September 9, 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(v): The employer who had designated rescue and emergency services did not provide the selected rescue team or service  with access to all permit spaces from which rescue could  be necessary, so that the rescue service could develop appropriate rescue plans and practice rescue operations.    a) Blender Room: Employees are required to enter the 6500 blender to dislodge material and clean out the blender and the employer did not provide access to the rescue service so that they could develop an appropriate rescue plan and practice rescues, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,181 · Current $1,527 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy.  a) 6500 Blender: An employee entered the space to dislodge materials and the facility did not develop specific procedures to control all the potentially hazardous energy of the machine exposing the employee to crushing hazards, on or about September 9, 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):   a) 6500 Blender: An employee entered the space to dislodge materials and energy isolating devices were not used to control the energy of the spindle and ribbon blade, on or about September 9, 2016.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Nov 8, 2016

Abate by

Nov 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Employee(s) working in an area where there is potential exposure to airborne lead at any level were not informed of the content of Appendices A and B of 29 CFR 1910.1025:  a) Blender Room: Employees blending various products were exposed to 16 ug/m3 and 9 ug/m3 lead and the employees were not provided with information about the hazards of lead, on or about September 9, 2016.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.