OSHA Inspection: MONTEREY MUSHROOMS

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,773 · Current $4,741 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  At the time of the inspection, employees regularly entered two Rotomat cookers which were determined to be permit required spaces. The employer did not implement a written permit space entry program exposing employees to physical and health hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations:  The employer did not develop and implement procedures for safe entry in two Rotomat cookers which were determined to be confined spaces.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,771 · Current $4,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:  At the time of the inspection, the employer had not trained Rotomat cooker operators on safe procedures to permit confined spaces. Employees entered Rotomat cookers to unjam crates without isolating physical and health hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,772 · Current $4,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)(A): Lockout/tagout procedures were not implemented when servicing and/or maintenance was taking place during normal production operations when an employee (s) was required to (A) Remove or bypass a guard or other safety device; (B) were required to place any part of his or her body into area on a machine or piece of equipment where work was actually performed upon the material being processed (point of operation) or where an associated danger zone existed during a machine operating cycle:   At the time of the inspection, it was found that Rotomat operators did not lock out the equipment prior to entering  the cooker to unjam crates. When employees entered the machines they were exposed to physical hazard of rotation and burns from steam lines that were not isolated.