WAYNE, NE —
OSHA Inspection: GREAT DANE - WAYNE PLANT
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of GREAT DANE - WAYNE PLANT in 1200 N. CENTENNIAL RD, WAYNE, NE 68787 (NAICS 336212). OSHA activity number 344145776.
What this inspection record means
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- GREAT DANE - WAYNE PLANT
- Site address
- 1200 N. CENTENNIAL RD
- City
- WAYNE
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 68787
- Mailing
- 1200 N. CENTENNIAL RD, WAYNE, NE 68787
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 336212
- Employees
- 715
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
8 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1026 H02 I
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $10,419 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(h)(2)(i): The employer shall ensure that employees remove all protective clothing and equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) at the end of the work shift or at the completion of their tasks involving chromium (VI) exposure, whichever comes first. The employer is failing to require employees performing operations that have chromium VI exposures to remove protective clothing that is contaminated at end of day. This was most recently documented on July 7, 2019 at 1200 N. Centennial Drive Wayne, NE 68787. Welder(s) were documented as wearing head/neck coverings, blue jeans, and t-shirts at end of day and exiting the workplace.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $10419
- — Z (S) $10419
1910.1026 I03 II
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(3)(ii): The employer shall ensure that employees who have skin contact with chromium (VI) wash their hands and faces at the end of the work shift and prior to eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, applying cosmetics, or using the toilet. The employer is failing to protect the employees from the hazards associated with residual chromium (VI) ingestion hazards, and contact hazards. This was most recently documented on July 7, 2019 at Great Dane Trailers 1200 N. Centennial Drive Wayne, NE. Ingestion and contact hazards from the resulting condition of not washing their hands, and face prior to lunch, and break periods when eating, drinking, smoking, toilet use, or other activities compromising ingestion routes were noted at the time of the inspection.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1026 I04 II
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(ii): The employer shall ensure that employees do not enter eating and drinking areas with protective work clothing or equipment unless surface chromium (VI) has been removed from the clothing and equipment by methods that do not disperse chromium (VI) into the air or onto an employee's body. The employer is failing to protect employees when eating or drinking in specified areas, where the hazard of chromium VI is known. This was most recently documented on July 7, 2019 at 1200 N. Centennial Drive Wayne, NE 68787. The employer is not requiring employees who wear protective clothing to remove the contaminants or clothing in such a way that does not spread the contaminants in the air.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1026 I04 I
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced
0685
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(i): Whenever the employer allows employees to consume food or beverages at a worksite where chromium (VI) is present, the employer shall ensure that eating and drinking areas and surfaces are maintained as free as practicable of chromium (VI). The employer did not maintain break room area surfaces as free as practicable of Hexavalent Chromium. This was most recently documented and sampled for on July 11, 2019. Employees are subject to contact, and ingestion hazards in break areas where food and beverages are consumed.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $13260
- — Z (S) $13260
1910.1026 L01 III
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $10,419 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): Employers shall include chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program established to comply with the HCS (� 1910.1200). The employer is failing to protect employees by the ingestion of hazards created in the welding operations with training to employees in Hazardous Communication Program covering Chromium VI (Hexavalent Chromium) as identified in wipe sampling conducted by OSHA. This was most recently documented on July 16, 2019 at 1200 N. Centennial Drive Wayne NE 68787. Chromium VI was detected, and identified in Salt Lake Training Center (SLTC) lab analysis. Hexavalent Chromium is not included as a known hazard in HAZ COM training with warning information being given to the employees.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $10419
- — Z (S) $10419
1910.1200 H03 III
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $5,260
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. The employer is failing to provide hazardous chemical training. This was most recently documented at Great Dane Trailers located at 1200 N. Centennial Drive Wayne, NE 68787. The employer is failing to train employees for the specific chemicals used on the production floor, specifically to the Barsol A-4080 product.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $5260
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 F05 II
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $6,251 · Current $4,668 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings. The employer is failing to protect the employees from the physical hazards of chemicals by not having labels on the secondary containers. This was most recently documented on July 10, 2019 at Great Dane Trailers located at 1200 Centennial Drive Wayne, NE 68787. Multiple instances of products on the production floor were found without labels and or correct GHS format.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $4668
- — C (S) $6251
- — Z (S) $6251
1904.40 A
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2019
- Abate by
- Feb 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $2,085 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours. The employer failed to produce copies of the company illness and injury records, OSHA 300, 300A and 301 or its equivalent for the past 4 years within 4 hours of the request. This was most recently documented on July 11, 2019 for the Great Dane Trailer facility located at 1200 N. Centennial Drive Wayne, NE 68787. It was requested from Great Dane - Wayne EHS Manager to be provided with OSHA 300 logs for the current and previous 5 years on July 11, 2019.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (O) $2085
- — Z (O) $2085
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Source
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