OSHA Inspection: HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY INC

Issued

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,068 · Current $4,241 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed.   At the facility located at 1110 S. Bond St., Whitewright, Texas, the path to the exit doors were blocked exposing employees to entrapment and fire hazards:  a) In the warehouse building the exit was blocked by large storage containers, b) In the outside storage area, the exit door was blocked by an overhead balcony.

Issued

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,654 · Current $3,392 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit".    At the facility located at 1110 S. Bond St., Whitewright, Texas, at the warehouse outside storage area, the employer did not ensure the exit door was mark with an EXIT sign:

Issued

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,240 · Current $2,544 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s).     At the facility located at 1110 S. Bond St., Whitewright, Texas:  in the warehouse area, a KOMATSU forklift was used without an operating backup alarm or horn exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service      At the facility located at 1110 S. Bond St., Whitewright, Texas: in the warehouse area, the employer did not ensure that the operators perform inspection of the Komatsu forklift prior to operating exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jul 13, 2018

Penalty

Initial $793 · Current $476 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1): In every building or other structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial, or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official were not marked on plates of approved design which were not supplied and securely affixed by the owner of the building, or his duly authorized agent, in a conspicuous place in each space to which they relate.    At the facility located at 1110 S. Bond St., Whitewright, Texas, inside the storage room, the employer stored materials above the bathroom roof without a load rating or sign indicating the approved load limit exposing employees to struck-by or crushed by hazards.