OSHA Inspection: PLANTER'S GRAIN COOPERATIVE OF ODEM, TEXAS

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $4800.00 Reduced

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:     Employees conducted cleaning activities inside a grain bin without the subfloor auger door/gate opening blocked-off.

Issued

2020-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  Employees conducted grain bin cleaning activities and were provided with and wore filtering facepieces voluntarily.