JACKSON, OH —
OSHA Inspection: AK READY MIX, LLC
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of AK READY MIX, LLC in 441 DIXON RUN ROAD, JACKSON, OH 45640 (NAICS 327320). OSHA activity number 344346648.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- AK READY MIX, LLC
- Site address
- 441 DIXON RUN ROAD
- City
- JACKSON
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 45640
- Mailing
- PO BOX 647, HAMDEN, OH 45634
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 327320
- Employees
- 15
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
11 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.132 D01
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,304 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall: a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not assess the workplace to determine for hazards present, in order to assess and plan for appropriate use of PPE at the worksite location. Employees were exposed to hazardous chemical liquids and silica dust, without being protected with appropriate and necessary PPE.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5304
1910.146 C01
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 20, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,304 · Current $5,304
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces. a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 07, 2019, the employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any confined spaces in the workplace were permit-required confined spaces at the worksite. Employees were exposed to atmospheric hazards, noise hazards, caught-in and crush injuries, in the confined space without being protected, while they conducted chipping tasks within the cement mixer.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5304
- — Z (S) $5304
1910.146 C04
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 20, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives. a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 07, 2019, the employer did not develop a written program for the permit require confined space at the worksite. Employees were exposed to atmospheric hazards, noise hazards, caught-in and crush injuries as a result of not having a developed program in place, while they conducted chipping tasks within the cement mixer.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,304 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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. a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 07, 2019, the employer did not have an established program that documented control procedures, inspections and employee training to ensure that energy controls were isolated and rendered the cement mixer inoperative. Employees were exposed to the potential energization of the Indian Phoenix Cement Mixer, when they entered the cement mixer to conduct the cleaning of the dried cement in the mixer.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5304
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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. a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 07, 2019, the employer did not develop and document procedures for utilization, for control of potential hazardous energy with respect to the Indiana Phoenix Cement Mixer. Employees were exposed to the potential hazardous stored energy of the cement mixer, while they cleaned the inside of the cement mixer.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.151 C
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,304 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use. a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not provide an eye flushing station at the work site for use in the event of an immediate eye emergency situation. Employees were exposed to eye injuries as a result, when they conducted the washing of the exterior of the cement trucks, with the ChemStation 00987 (urea, monohydrochloride) and Aluminate (phosphoric acid & ammonium) corrosive chemicals.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5304
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 20, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,304 · Current $5,304
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not develop, implement or maintain a written hazard communication program for employees at the worksite. Employees were exposed to corrosive chemical liquids ChemStation 00987 (urea, monohydrochloride) and Aluminate (phosphoric acid & ammonium), when they washed the exterior of the cement trucks without being properly informed or trained on the hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5304
- — Z (S) $5304
1910.1200 F06
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 20, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either: a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not ensure that the hand pump sprayer container, which contained the ChemStation 00987 (urea, monohydrochloride) cleaner solution at the work place was labeled. Employees were exposed to the hazardous chemical when they used the unlabeled hand pump sprayer to wash the outside of the cement truck.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 G08
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 20, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.) a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not maintain copies of safety data sheets (SDS) for the hazardous chemical at the work place. The employer did not ensure that the copies of the hazardous chemiclas used, such as but not limited to ChemStation 00987 (urea, monohydrochloride), Aluminate (phosphoric acid & ammonium biflouride) were made readily accessible.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 20, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not train on hazardous chemicals at the work site to his employees. Employees were therefore, exposed to the hazardous chemicals cleaning the cement mixer trucks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1904.4 A
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $758 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.4(a): Basic requirement. Each employer required by this Part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that: a. Located at 441 Dixon Run Road, Jackson, Ohio: On or about October 01, 2019, the employer did not keep records of the injury and illness logs on file. An employee had splashed his eyes with the corrosive chemical, ChemStation 00987 (urea, monohydrochloride), Aluminate (phosphoric acid & ammonium biflouride). The incident was not recorded on the injury and illness logs. The employer had 15 employees throughout the past 12 months prior to inspection with no record logs on file.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $758
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 344346648.
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