OSHA Inspection: CHIPPEWA VALLEY GRAIN TRANSPORT, INC

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8096.00 · Current $4858.00 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

2020-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $5668.00 Reduced

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:    (a) Grain storage bins; On or about January 15 and 16, 2020, an employer representative was not present outside the bin during the bin entry and bin entry permits certifying compliance with this standard were not issued before an employee entered grain bin number 7 to empty it out with a sweep auger, shovel, and broom.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-10 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 the presence of combustible gases, vapors, and toxic agents prior to employee entry:    (a) Grain storage bins; Air monitoring is not conducted prior to and while employees entered grain bins to empty them out. On or about January 15 and 16, 2020, air monitoring was not conducted prior to and while an employee entered grain bin  number 7 to empty it out.

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(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:    (a) Grain storage bins; On or about January 15 and 16, 2020, an observer was not present outside the grain bin number 7 while an employee entered the grain bin to empty it out with a sweep auger, shovel, and broom.

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2429.00 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

2020-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    (a) Grain storage bins; Airborne concentration levels of grain dust, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide were not evaluated to determine employee exposure levels to respiratory hazards, while they performed work inside grain bins, such as cleaning bins out with sweep augers, brooms, and shovels.

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.