OSHA Inspection: ALAMO ROADWAY MATERIALS LLC

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11): Portable ladders used to gain access to an upper landing surface did not have side rails that extended at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface:    Pit Area, Packaging Plant:  On or about March 15, 2019, and at times prior thereto,  employees were exposed to a fall hazard while using a Louisville extension ladder without the side rails extending at least 3 feet above the landing.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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:         Packaging Plant:  On or about March 15, 2019, and times prior thereto, the employer did not evaluate and identify respiratory hazards or estimate exposures to respiratory hazards for employees who were required to package Thermoplastic Traffic Marking Compound containing calcium carbonate, a respiratory irritant.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    Pit Area, Packaging Plant: On or about March 15, 2019, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not evaluate and/or assess the pit area where employees were required to enter the area using an extension ladder for maintenance work on the PROMAX Mixer machine, to determine if the work area was a permit-required confined space.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:      Packaging Plant: On or about March 15, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a caught-in hazard from the unexpected startup of the PROMAX Mixer machine while entering the pit area without locking out all sources of energy.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii): Employee training did not include the measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, including specific procedures the employer had implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment to be used:    Packaging Plant:  On or about March 15, 2019, and times prior thereto, employees were exposed to chemical hazards while handling products such as, but not limited to, Thermoplastic Traffic Marking Compound, and Granifort 10-20 UW without being informed by the employer of the associated hazards of these chemicals, symptoms of exposure, and precautionary measures.