GREELEY, CO ·
OSHA Inspection: LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
Unprogrammed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Related safety inspection of LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY in 1302 1ST AVENUE, GREELEY, CO 80631 (NAICS 311513). OSHA activity number 344813357.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
- Site address
- 1302 1ST AVENUE
- City
- GREELEY
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80631
- Mailing
- 1830 W. 38TH AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80211
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Related (G)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311513
- Employees
- 500
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.119 F04
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2020
- Abate by
- Jan 21, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4): The employer did not develop and implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout and opening procedures. These safe work practices were not applied to employees and contractor employees: a) Leprino Foods Company, 1302 1st Ave, Greeley, CO 80631: On and before June 22, 2020, the controlling and exposing employer did not develop and implement safe work practices such as lockout/tagout, de-energization, and line opening procedures to protect employees and contract employees from hazards of pneumatic pressure testing when two new 12-inch-diameter chilled water piping, located in close proximity to existing anhydrous ammonia process piping (e.g. within 11 feet of 1.5 inch-diameter anhydrous piping) were left pressurized and unprotected, exposing Leprino employees, Refrigeration Concepts Inc. (RCI) and Ulrich Process Piping contractors to pressure blast, fragmentation (struck by), and ammonia hazards. Note: For requirements regarding the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals as it pertains to construction work per 29 CFR 1926.64, follow the requirements in 29 CFR 1910.119.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $13494
- · Z (S) $13494
1910.119 H02 I
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2020
- Abate by
- Jan 21, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $20,241
General-duty citation text
29 C.F.R. 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. a) Leprino Foods Company, 1302 1st Ave, Greeley, CO 80631: On or about June 22, 2020, the employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. Employees were exposed to the hazard of unmonitored, pneumatically pressurized lines that were being pressure tested by contractor employees. This exposed employees to pressure blast and fragmentation (struck-by) hazards.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $20241
- · C (S) $13494
- · Z (S) $13494
1910.119 H02 IV
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2020
- Abate by
- Jan 21, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $20,241
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Act: Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees. a) Leprino Foods Company, 1302 1st Ave, Greeley, CO 80631: On or about June 22, 2020, the employer did not furnish to each of its employees employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to its employees in that the employer did not fully control the entrance, presence, and exit of contractor employees at the worksite. The contractors on site were engaged in pneumatic pressure testing activities that could have exposed Leprino employees to risk of death or serious physical harm in the form of pressure blast and fragmentation (struck-by) hazards.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $20241
- · C (S) $13494
- · Z (S) $13494
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 344813357.
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