OSHA Inspection: QUALITY ASPHALT GREEN BAY, LLC

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,470 · Current $1,735 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.   On or about May 1, 2020, the employer did not evaluate the worksite to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.  The employees entered a 16' long by 8' diameter storage tank to clean the hardened seal coat polymer from the interior walls and mixing paddles.  NOTE: Proper application of the decision flow chart in Appendix A to section 1910.146 would facilitate compliance with this  requirement.

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.  On or about May 1, 2020, the owner did not develop and implement a written permit space program for employees who entered a permit required space.  The employees entered a storage tank to clean the hardened seal coat polymer from the interior walls and mixing paddles.

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,446 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.  On or about May 1, 2020, the owner did not establish an energy control program for employees that were engaged in servicing and maintenance tasks including cleaning the sealcoat storage tank with a mechanical agitator to mix the product.

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   On or about May 1, 2020, the owner did not develop, document, and utilize equipment specific energy control procedures for those employees that were engaged in cleaning tasks on a sealcoat storage tank with a mechanical agitator to mix the product.  Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees:  On or about May 1, 2020, the owner did not provide training in an energy control program to employees who engaged in servicing and maintenance tasks including those on the sealcoat storage tank with a mechanical agitator to mix the product.

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,446 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.  On or about May 1, 2020, employees working near the sealcoat storage tank mixer controls located outside the shop were exposed to ingoing nip points and caught-in hazards created from the unguarded roller chain coupling driving the transfer pump approximately 1' from ground level.

Issued

Oct 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprockets and chains.  All sprocket wheels and chains shall be enclosed unless they are more than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform.  Where the drive extends over other machine or working areas, protection against falling shall be provided.  This subparagraph does not apply to manually operated sprockets.  On or about May 1, 2020, employees working near the sealcoat storage tank mixer controls located outside the shop were exposed to ingoing nip points and caught-in hazards created from the unguarded chain and sprocket driving the mixer.