OSHA Inspection: WHEATON GRAIN, INC.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3470.00 · Current $2082.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):    (a) GSI grain dryer; On or about the week of January 6, 2020, the employer did not ensure the grain dryer was isolated from its natural gas fuel supply during servicing activities of cleaning out the dryer.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:    (a) GSI grain dryer; On or about the week of January 6, 2020, the employer did not ensure that lockout devices were affixed to the grain dryer's isolation point for natural gas during servicing activities of cleaning out the dryer.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:    (a) GSI grain dryer; On or about the week of January 6, 2020, the employer did not ensure that each authorized employee involved in cleaning out the dryer affixed their own lockout lock on isolation points for electrical and natural gas energy sources.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(4): The employer did not implement procedures in the grain handling facility for the use of tags and locks which would prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted, which could result in employee injury:    (a) Throughout the facility; The written lockout procedure for a GSI brand grain dryer did not identify the location of and specific steps for isolating and locking out the natural gas valve or overhead gates from the feed legs.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1041.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    (a) Dryer shack; Two circuit breaker openings in an energized 200 Amp circuit breaker panel were not filled or covered.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-08-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1): The employer did not provide training to employees at least annually and when changes in job assignments would expose them to new hazards in the grain handling facilities:    (a) Throughout the facility; Annual training was not provided to inform employee of general safety precautions for the facility, the facility emergency action plan, dust accumulations hazards, common ignitions sources, preventative maintenance procedures, lockout/tagout procedures, and bin entry procedures.