OSHA Inspection: RED RIVER COMMODITIES

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Jul 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $6,467 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting a danger signs reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:      (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to physical and/or health hazards where the employer required employees to enter the receiving elevator boot pit to perform cleaning and maintenance work activities at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Jul 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i): The employer failed to test conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions existed before entry was authorized to begin:    (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to physical and/or health hazards where the employer required employees to enter the receiving elevator boot pit to perform cleaning and maintenance work activities at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Jul 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:    (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to physical and/or health hazards where the employer required employees to enter the receiving elevator boot pit to perform cleaning and maintenance at work activities 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Aug 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $4,620 Reduced

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 point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:      (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to caught-in hazards were the grain elevating leg inspection door was accessed on leg no. 101 at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.      (b) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to caught-in hazards were the grain elevating leg inspection door was accessed on leg no. 102 at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Jul 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $4,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii): The employer did not immediately remove any fugitive grain dust accumulations whenever the exceeded 1/8 inch (.32cm) at priority housekeeping areas, pursuant to the housekeeping program for grain elevators:      (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to fire and/or explosion hazards while performing work activities in priority areas in the receiving area of the elevator where dust accumulations on the floor in the boot pit were in excess of three (3) inches in depth at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:      (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees exposed to potential respiratory hazards from grain dust with voluntary use of dust masks during cleaning and other grain elevator work activities at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1): The employer did not provide training to employees at least annually and when changes in job assignments would expose them to new hazards in the grain handling facilities:     (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees performing grain handling operation in the processing and receiving work areas at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.

Issued

Jun 29, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(3): The employer did not maintain a certification record of each preventive maintenance inspection performed, containing the date of the inspection, the name of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the equipment specified in paragraph (m)(1)(i) of this section:    (a) On or about June 18, 2018 and at times prior to that date, for the employees performing preventative maintenance on machines and equipment at the grain elevator located at 501 42nd Street NW, Fargo, North Dakota.