OSHA Inspection: LAKEVIEW GRAINS, LLC

Issued

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(e): Covers.  The employer must ensure each cover for a hole in a walking-working surface:     29 CFR 1910.29(e)(2): Is secured to prevent accidental displacement.     a. On or about April 4, 2018, the metal cover for the floor opening to the fixed ladder which was used to access the basement from the bean plant floor was broken and not secured, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard.     b. On or about April 4, 2018, the covers made of plywood and expanded metal over the 23 reclaim auger pit were loose and not secured outside between bins 22 and 23.

Issued

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.    Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.     a. On or before April 4, 2018, the employer did not document specific lockout/tagout procedures for equipment such as the East leg in the bean plant and the 23 reclaim auger to protect employees while servicing and/or performing maintenance activities in which the unexpected energization or startup of the machine or equipment, or release of stored energy, could harm employees.

Issued

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Electrical installations. Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations shall be intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location. Requirements for each of these options are as follows:       a. On or about April 4, 2018, in the MCC room for the bean plant, the electrical equipment including, but not limited to, panels, boxes and disconnects for the main, transformers, elevator legs, and lighting in a Class II location was not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II location, or safe for a Class II location; or the electrical room was not constructed and reclassified as a non-hazardous location by providing continuous positive pressure ventilation in conjunction with self-closing doors on both the North and South entrances that had seals and latched closed to prevent the entrainment of combustible dust.

Issued

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(C): All other employees whose work operations are or may be in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized, shall be instructed about the procedure, and about the prohibition relating to attempts to restart or reenergize machines or equipment which are locked out or tagged out.   a. On or before April 4, 2018, the employer did not ensure that each employee whose work operations, such as grain handling, in an area where energy control procedures might be utilized, was instructed about the procedure, and about the prohibition relating to attempts to restart or reenergize machines or equipment which were locked or tagged out.

Issued

2018-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.     a. On or before April 4, 2018, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, the following: combustible grain dust and cleaning chemicals.