OSHA Inspection: U S DEPT OF AGRICULTURE-NRCS

Issued

Jul 26, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(2): Exit routes must be arranged so that employees will not have to travel toward a high hazard area, unless the path of travel is effectively shielded from the high hazard area by suitable partitions or other physical barriers:  The exit route from the rear door contained five, 12 inch diameter square holes approximately 1 to five inches in depth.  The path of travel was not shielded from the holes.

Issued

Jul 26, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  The Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan instructs upon discovery of a fire, if it cannot be easily extinguished to activate the fire alarm and evacuate the building.  All staff members were not provided an educational program to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.

Issued

Jul 26, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 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:  (a) At the facility, portable fire extinguishers located in the vehicles were not subjected to annual  maintenance checks to include documentation made available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.  Extinguishers observed were located in the Dodge pickup license A357604. Badger model B417T .  (b) At the facility, portable fire extinguishers located in the vehicles were not subjected to annual  maintenance checks to include documentation made available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.  Extinguishers observed were located in the Chevy pickup license A373150. Badger model B417T .  (c) At the facility, portable fire extinguishers located in the vehicles were not subjected to annual  maintenance checks to include documentation made available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.  Extinguishers observed were located in the Chevy Malibu license A346052. Badger model 250B-1 .  The USDA was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard  29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1214522, Notice 2, Item 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 2, 2017 with respect to a workplace located at 1898 Kountry Lane St. 1, Fort Dodge, IA 50501.  The USDA was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard  29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 11182315, Notice 1, Item 3 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/17/2016 with respect to a workplace located at 1918 Greene St., Adel, IA 50003.

Issued

Jul 26, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(f)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not hydrostatically tested within the intervals specified in Table L1:    At the facility and located in the Chevy Malibu A3346052, the Badger model 250MB-1 was dated 2003 and had not been hydrostatically tested or removed from service at the 12 year interval required in table L1 of the Standard.  The USDA-NRCS was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29CFR 1910.157(f)(2) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1214522, Notice 2, Item 2 and was affirmed as a final order on June 2, 2017 with respect to a workplace located at 1898 Kountry Lane St. 1, Fort Dodge, IA 50501.  The USDA-NRCS was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29CFR 1910.157(f)(2) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1182315, Notice 1, Item 4 and was affirmed as a final order on November 17, 2016  with respect to a workplace located at 1918 Greene St., Adel, IA 50003.