OSHA Inspection: RISSER GRAIN, LLC

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $8452.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i): The employer did not issue a permit for entering bins, silos or tanks in the grain handling facility before the employees entered the bins, silos, or tanks:    (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer did not issue any permits for employees entering bins or silos. On August 15, 2016 an employee entered the flat bottom sixty (60) foot diameter storage bin alone without the issuance of a permit in preparation for the sweep auger and was severely injured by the energized auger.    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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $12675.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii): Prior to entry, all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment which presented a danger to employees inside grain storage structures in the grain handling facility were not disconnected, locked out and tagged, blocked-off, or otherwise prevented from operating by other equally means or methods:    (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer did not require the floor auger to be disconnected or locked out and tagged prior to entry into the grain storage bins. On August 15, 2016 an employee entered the flat bottom sixty (60) foot diameter storage bin while the floor auger was operating and was severely injured by the energized auger.    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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $8873.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(3): In the grain handling facility an observer, equipped to provide assistance, was not stationed outside the bin, silo, or tank being entered by an employee:  (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer did not implement a procedure which required the use of an observer during each storage bin entry.  There was no observer stationed outside the bin on August 15, 2016 when an employee entered the flat bottom sixty (60) foot diameter storage bin to set-up the sweep auger and was exposed to an amputation hazard from the energized nine (9) inch floor auger. This violation was documented on November 4, 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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.     (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer did not record the August 15, 2016 amputation incident on the OSHA 300 log or its equivalent, on or about November 4, 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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8908.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, within (24) twenty-four hours:    (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer failed to report a work-related in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within twenty-four hours for an incident that occurred on or about August 15, 2016.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances R103

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer did not provide the information contained in Appendix D of this standard for the employees voluntarily wearing the 3M 8511 respirators for protection against grain dusts, on or about November 4, 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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(d): The employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan meeting the requirements contained in 1910.38(a):  (a) Risser Grain, LLC - Holtwood Mill - The employer did not have the emergency action plan in writing, on or about January 23, 2017.  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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(1): The employer did not develop and implement a written housekeeping program that established the frequency and the method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors, equipment.  (a) Risser Grain, LLC - Holtwood Mill - The employer did not have the housekeeping program in writing, on or about January 23, 2017.  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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(1)(i): Preventive maintenance procedures in the grain handling facility were not implemented to provide regularly scheduled inspections of the mechanical and safety control equipment associated with dryers, grain stream processing equipment.  (a) Risser Grain, LLC - Holtwood Mill - The employer did not implement a formal maintenance program for the twelve (12) employee working in, and around, the grain handling equipment, on or about January 23, 2017.  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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-02-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    (a) Risser Grain, LLC - The employer did not develop or implement a written hazard communication program for the employees exposed to grain dusts and machine lubricants such as WD-40, on or about November 4, 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 employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.