OSHA Inspection: BARROW & PRESCOTT, INC.

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Abate by

Jan 6, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:  a) In the feed-storage house, Building 11 - On or about August 20, 2020, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to crushed-by and struck-by hazards when working within the fall shallow/danger zone of leaking palletized super-sacks that were subject to sliding and collapsing.

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,892

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):   a) Throughout the facility: On or about August 26, 2020, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to stuck by hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure that each operator was competent to operate powered-industrial trucks safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Abate by

Jan 6, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,892

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:  a)  On or about August 20. 2020, the employer failed to report a workplace fatality within 8 hours.  The employer reported the fatality on August 25, 2020.

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a) Throughout the facility: On or about August 26, 2020, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to develop, implement and maintain a written hazard communication program including the requirements of safety data sheets, warning labels, and employee training, thereby exposing employees to propane gas and diesel fuel.

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.  a) Throughout the facility: On or about August 26, 2020, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to ensure that propane and diesel above-ground storage tanks' labels included product-identification of contents, hazard-warning symbols and signal words.

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employer did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they used:  a) Throughout the facility: On or about August 26, 2020, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to ensure that safety data sheets for at least propane and diesel fuels were accessible in the workplace, thereby exposing employees to related chemical hazards.

Issued

Dec 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Throughout the facility: On or about August 26, 2020, and at times prior thereto, the employer failed to ensure that effective information and training was provided on the chemicals in the workplace, thereby exposing employees to related chemical hazards.