OSHA Inspection: GLINZ GRAIN, LLC

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,639 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling:  (a) On or about May 25, 2020 , and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to a fall hazard of over 6 feet while cleaning the basement where there are no railings around the boot pit hole at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $10,000 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) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employee who was engulfed and suffered fatal injuries while knocking down crusted sunflower seeds in Bin 133 at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.    (b) On or about May 21, 2020 , and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to potential health and safety hazards while cleaning inside grain bins at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employee who was engulfed and suffered fatal injuries while knocking down crusted sunflower seeds to load grain trucks with the out feed auger running in Bin 133 at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.  (b) On or about May 21, 2020 , and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to potential amputation and entanglement hazards while cleaning inside grain bins with the sweep auger and out feed augers running at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employee who suffered fatal injuries where possible heat or moisture issues caused in the sunflower seeds to crust to the bin walls in Bin 133 at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.    (b) On or about May 21, 2020 , and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to potential health and safety hazards while entering grain bins to clean out the remaining product at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iv): The employer did not prohibit  "walking down grain" and similar practices where the employee walks on grain to make it flow within or out from a grain storage structure, or where an employee is on moving grain:  (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employee who was engulfed and suffered fatal injuries while knocking down crusted sunflower seeds in Bin 133 to get them to flow while loading grain trucks  at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employee who suffered fatal injuries after entering a grain bin with approximately 20,000 bushels of crusted sunflower seeds in Bin 133 at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.    (b) On or about May 21, 2020, and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to potential health and safety hazards while working alone inside grain bins at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(6): Employees at the grain handling facility entered bins, silos, or tanks underneath a bridging condition, or where a buildup of grain products on the side could fall and bury them:  (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employee who suffered fatal injuries while knocking down sunflower seeds that had crusted against the bin wall in Bin 133 at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $10,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(1): The employer did not develop and implement a written housekeeping program that established the frequency and the method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other expose:  (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employees exposed to potential explosion hazards where fugitive grain dust 2 inches deep was present on the distribution tubes and other equipment surfaces on the bin floor of the elevator at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(j)(2)(ii): The employer did not immediately remove any fugitive grain dust accumulations whenever the exceeded 1/8 inch (.32cm) at priority housekeeping areas, pursuant to the housekeeping program for grain elevators:   (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employees exposed to potential explosion hazards where fugitive grain dust up to 6 1/2 inches was present on the bin floor of the elevator at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.    (b) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employees exposed to potential explosion hazards where fugitive grain dust over a 1/8 inch was present on the basement floor of the elevator at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Feb 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,639 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(q)(5): The employer did not equip bucket elevators with a motion detection device which will shut-down the bucket elevator when the belt speed is reduced by no more than 20% of the normal operating speed:  (a) On or about May 25, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employees exposed to potential explosion hazards while operating bucket elevators to move problematic product at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Feb 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(q)(6): The employer did not equip bucket elevators with a belt alignment monitoring device which will initiate an alarm to employees when the belt is not tracking properly; or, provide a means to keep the belt tracking properly, such as a system that provides constant alignment adjustment of belts:  (a) On or about May 25, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employees exposed to potential explosion hazards while operating bucket elevators to move product in and out of the dryer at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Feb 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for employees wearing N95 filtering face piece respirators with potential overexposure to grain dust while sweeping the elevator and cleaning grain bins at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(d): The employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan meeting the requirements contained in 1910.38(a):   (a) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to potential health and safety hazards while working at a grain handling facility at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about June 10, 2020, and at times prior to that date for employees exposed to potential health and safety hazards where they entered grain bins and wore respirators at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.

Issued

Nov 10, 2020

Abate by

Dec 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(1): The employer did not implement preventive maintenance procedures consisting of the requirements of (m)(1)(i) through (m)(1)(ii):  (a) On or about May 25, 2020, and at times prior to that date for the employees exposed to potential explosion hazards while operating bucket elevators and the dryer at 2147 77th Avenue SE in Pingree, North Dakota.