OSHA Inspection: TERRAL RIVERSERVICE, INC.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $11,408

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(c)(5): The emergency evacuation plan did not include procedures to be followed by employees performing rescue or medical duties:    On or about 11/17/2016 , at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure that the emergency evacuation plan included procedures for performing rescue.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,778 · Current $4,889 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.145(c)(2)(i): Caution signs were not used to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe practices:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not post danger signs to inform exposed employees of an active grain auger prior to entry into a grain silo in which employees were required to conduct maintenance work.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $5,704 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1)(ii): Current employees, and new employees prior to starting work in the grain handling facility were not trained in the specific procedures and safety practices applicable to their job tasks including but not limited to cleaning procedures for grinding equipment, clearing procedures for choke legs, housekeeping procedures, hot work procedures, preventive maintenance procedures and lock-out//tag-out procedures:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain storage silo were trained on specific procedures and safety practices to work in a grain silo.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $11,408

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:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain bin were issued a permit before entering the bin.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $0 Reduced

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, block-off, or otherwise prevented from operating by equally effective means or methods:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain silo de-energized and locked out silo equipment prior to entering the silo.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii): The atmosphere within a bin, silo, or tank in the grain handling facility was not tested for the presence of combustible gases, vapors, and toxic agents prior to employee entry:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure that employees conducted atmospheric testing prior to entering a grain bin to do grain handling work.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $0 Reduced

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:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain bin had an attendant in-place outside the bin for assistance.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $11,408

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iv): The employer did not prohibit  "walking down grain" and similar practices where the employee walks on grain to make it flow within or out from a grain storage structure, or where an employee is on moving grain:  On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain bin were prohibited from walking down grain or standing on grain.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $11,408

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(2): When entering the grain handling facility bins, silos, or tanks from the top, employees did not wear a body harness with lifeline, or use a boatswain's chair that met the requirements of Subpart D, 29 CFR 1910.28(j)(a):  On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain bin were provided body harnesses and lifelines prior to entering a grain bin.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(h)(1): Each employee who walks or stands on or in stored grain, where the depth of the grain poses an engulfment hazard, was not equipped with a lifeline or alternative means which the employer demonstrates will prevent the employee from sinking further than waist-deep into the grain:  On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure that employees walking or standing on stored grain in a bin were equipped with lifelines or other adequate alternative means to prevent the employees from sinking further than waist-deep into the soybean grain.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,778 · Current $4,889 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(3): A certification record maintained of each inspection by the employer in the grain facility was not in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.272(1):    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees conducting grain handling activities in a grain silo maintained grain equipment maintenance records.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,408 · Current $5,704 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(4): The employer did not implement procedures in the grain handling facility for the use of tags and locks which would prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted, which could:    On or about 11/17/2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, the employer did not ensure employees implemented procedures to de-energized and locked out grain silo equipment prior to entering the silo for maintenance work.

Issued

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:  On or about 11/17, 2016, at 466 Port Road, Tallulah, LA, employees were engaged in grain activities and portable fire extinguishers were not annually maintenance checked at the facility.