OSHA Inspection: PICKENS, R A & SON COMPANY

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $4641.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(2): Employees assigned special tasks in the grain handling facility, such as bin entry, were not provided training to perform these tasks safety:    Employees were not trained in the hazards associated with entering grain bins. This condition exposed employees to asphyxiation hazards.

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $9282.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i): The employer did not issue a permit for entering bins, silos or tanks in the grain handling facility before the employees entered the bins, silos, or tanks:    The employer did not issue a permit for entry into storage bins exposing employees to an asphyxiation hazard from grain engulfment.

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii): Prior to entry, all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment which presented a danger to employees inside grain storage structures in the grain handling facility were not disconnected, locked out and tagged, blocked-off, or otherwise prevented from operating by other equally effective means or methods.    The employer did not lockout mechanical equipment inside storage bins prior to employees entry into a bin exposing employees to an amputation hazard.

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii): The atmosphere within a bin, silo, or tank in the grain handling facility was not tested for oxygen content prior to employee entry:  The employer did not test the atmosphere for oxygen content inside storage bins prior to employee entry.

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $9282.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(2): When entering the grain handling facility bins, silos, or tanks from a level at or above the level of the stored grain or when an employee walk or stand on or inside stored grain at a depth which poses an engulfment hazard, employees did not wear a body harness with lifeline, or use a boatswain's chair that met the requirements of Subpart D, 29 CFR 1910.28(j)(a)      Employees were exposed to asphyxiation hazards from grain engulfment when entering a bin containing 10,000 bushels of soybeans from a side door where the possibility of engulfment hazards existed without a body harness or a boatswain's chair.

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(3): In the grain handling facility an observer, equipped to provide assistance, was not stationed outside the bin, silo, or tank being entered by an employee:    The employer did not ensure an observer equipped to provide assistance was stationed outside a storage bin during employee entry to a bin.

Issued

2020-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(4): The employer did not provide equipment for rescue operations, which was specifically suited for the bin, silo, or tank being entered:    The employer did not provide rescue equipment to be used for a grain bin rescue during employee entry to a bin