OSHA Inspection: EWP RENEWABLE CORPORATION

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6467.00 · Current $6467.00

Hazardous substances W103

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:        a. Process Fuel Room Building - employees working within the building where conveying system moved and sorted wood chips were exposed to fire hazards when excessive amounts of wood dust was allowed to accumulate on floors, walls, and elevated surfaces throughout the area.     b. Silo Belt Rooms - employees working within the building where conveying system moved and sorted wood chips were exposed to fire hazards when excessive amounts of wood dust was allowed to accumulate on floors, walls, and elevated surfaces throughout the area.     c. Silo Basements- employees working within the building where conveying system moved and sorted wood chips were exposed to fire hazards when excessive amounts of wood dust was allowed to accumulate on floors, walls, and elevated surfaces throughout the area.     d. Bin Haul-up Room - employees working within the building where conveying system moved and sorted wood chips were exposed to fire hazards when excessive amounts of wood dust was allowed to accumulate on floors, walls, and elevated surfaces throughout the area.    e. Process Fuel Room Building  Employees working within the building were exposed to tripping hazards when piles of wood dust were allowed to accumulate throughout the building to include routes of egress such as stairways.

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $9054.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by ingoing nip points and rotating parts:      a. Process Fuel Room - On November 27, 2017 an employee was killed when he was pulled into the ingoing nip point where the belt meets the tail drum of the process fuel belt bucket conveyor. The metal housing which covered the tail drum contained two 10"x42" openings which exposed employees to the moving belt and ingoing nip point where the belt meets the drum.     b. Bin Haul-Up Conveyor, top - Employees were exposed to amputation hazards when portions of the bucket conveyor were not guarded. in accordance with ANSI B20.1- 1976 Section 6.02.1.1 bucket conveyor runways must be fully guarded where employees can make contact.    c. Bin Haul-up Conveyor, bottom - Employees were exposed to amputation hazards when portions of the bucket conveyor were not guarded. in accordance with ANSI B20.1- 1976 Section 6.02.1.1 bucket conveyor runways must be fully guarded where employees can make contact.    d. Hog Room - Employees were exposed to amputation hazards when portions of the bucket conveyor were not guarded. in accordance with ANSI B20.1- 1976 Section 6.02.1.1 bucket conveyor runways must be fully guarded where employees can make contact.

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:   a. Process Fuel Room -Employees were exposed to rotating parts when the rotating chuck on the tail drum of the process fuel belt bucket conveyor protruded beyond the metal housing which covered the tail drum.

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6467.00 · Current $6467.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(d)(2)(iii): Procedures were not developed, documented, and used for the control of potentially hazardous energy covered by paragraph (d) of this section:    PSCR Building- Employees working on the Polishing Selective Catalytic Reduction system were not protected from burns and asphyxiation where procedures were not developed for the unexpected release of aqueous ammonia when the system is opened for maintenance work. On or about January 4, 2018 two employees opened the PSCR system containing aqueous ammonia where written procedures were not developed for the locking out of the system and only one of the two employees placed a lock or tag at each of the energy isolating locations.

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(d)(2)(v): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the provisions of paragraph (d) of this section were being followed:         a. Process Fuel Room - Employees were not protected from amputation and crushing hazards when the employer did not inspect and update their energy control plan on an annual basis resulting in ineffective energy control procedures while performing end of shift cleaning of the process fuel room as locks were not being used by employees.

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $9054.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(d)(6)(iii): All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from energy sources:      A. Process Fuel Belt Conveyor - Employees performing daily end of shift cleaning operations which require them to place their arms inside of the equipment would shut the equipment down by pushing a "stop" button and were not using locks to prevent the equipment from being restarted.

Issued

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6467.00 · Current $6467.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(d)(8)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device, group lockbox, or comparable mechanism when he or she begins work and shall remove those devices when he or she stops working on the machine or equipment being serviced or maintained:   a. Process Fuel Belt - An employee was not protected from amputation and crushing hazards while he was performing daily end of shift cleaning operations on a conveyor system, which required him to place his arms inside of the equipment and was not provided with his own personal lock. On or about November 27, 2017 two employees shut down the conveyor belt to do the nightly end of shift cleaning without utilizing group lock out by applying one lock on each energy isolating device for two authorized employees.  b. Silo 1- Employees entering the silo for preventative maintenance were not protected from struck by, amputation, and engulfment hazards where the employer did not require each authorized employee to place a lock on all energy isolating devices. On or about December 11, 2017 and December 19, 2017 two employees entered Silo 1 to conduct preventative maintenance without utilizing group lock out by applying one lock on each energy isolating device for two authorized employees.    c. PSCR Building- Employees working on the Polishing Selective Catalytic Reduction (PSCR) system were not protected from burns and asphyxiation where the employer did not require each authorized employee to place a lock on all energy isolating devices to prevent the unexpected release of aqueous ammonia when the system is opened for maintenance work. On or about January 4, 2018 two employees opened the PSCR system containing aqueous ammonia without utilizing group lock out by applying one lock on each energy isolating device for two authorized employees.