OSHA Inspection: AG CENTRAL, INC.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(8):  The use of a fall protection system was not utilized for repair pits, service pits, or assembly pits:    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, maintenance garage, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Employees were walking and working near an unguarded 33.5-feet long by 3.5-feet wide service pit that was 5-feet deep.  Fall protection or alternative fall protection measures prescribed by 1910.28(b)(8)(i)-(iii) were not being utilized.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1): Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of the maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Electrical circuit breakers and the electrical bus bar within the electrical breaker box were exposed to an accumulation of rain water within the electrical breaker box.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  The electrical panel box was missing several breakers and/or breaker blanks exposing internal live parts.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  The openings on the left side of the electrical panel box where flexible cords / wiring was running out of the box were not effectively closed.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7): Electric equipment was not installed in a neat and workmanlike manner:    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of the maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Electrical equipment including, but not limited to, relocatable power taps, were being powered directly from electrical receptacle plugs that were hard wired from wires coming from an electrical breaker panel box.  The electrical wires were not installed in electrical conduit and with an approved electrical receptacle.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv): Flexible cords and/ or cables were used for purposes prohibited by paragraphs (A) through (F) of 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv):    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Flexible cords ran from an relocatable power tap to power the overhead lighting in the building.  The flexible cords were used in lieu of permanent wiring and were affixed to building surfaces.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of the maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Relocatable power taps were used to power equipment including, but not limited to, overhead lighting in the building.  These relocatable power taps were not listed and labeled to be used in commercial and industrial settings.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":  A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, maintenance building, southeast corner of the structure, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  The exit door in the maintenance building at the southeast corner of the maintenance building was not marked with exit signage.  B.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, maintenance building, west side of the structure, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  The exit door in the maintenance building at the west side of the maintenance building was not marked with exit signage.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Aug 8, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:    A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Service and maintenance have been conducted on equipment including, but not limited to, motors and augers.  Employees have not had affected employee lockout tagout training.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of the maintenance building, on or about December 2, 2016 and times prior thereto:  The circuit breakers within the electrical panel were not identified as to their purpose.

Issued

May 31, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:  A.)  AG Central, Inc., 215 Gilmore Road, New Castle, PA 16102, southwest corner of the maintenance building, on or about December 8, 2016 and times prior thereto:  Items including, but not limited to, a tire and a kerosene can were stored within 2-feet of a electrical panel.