OSHA Inspection: EMERY OLEOCHEMICALS LLC

Issued

Dec 1, 2021

Abate by

Jan 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $12,766 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:  1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy. (2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage.  (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).  (4)(ii) Lockout or tagout device application. Lockout devices, where used, shall be affixed in a manner to that will hold the energy isolating devices in a "safe" or "off" position. (5)(i) Stored energy. Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe.  a) On or about August 11, 2021, employees were performing setup, on and around the rotary valves of cyclones A, B, C, and D, powered by electrical energy. The employer did not ensure sequences (1) through (5) were followed to ensure that employees were not exposed to rotating blades of the rotary valve during the setup process.

Issued

Dec 1, 2021

Abate by

Jan 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $12,766 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(7)(iii)(A): Retraining shall be provided for all authorized and affected employees whenever there is a change in their job assignments, a change in machines, equipment or processes that present a new hazard, or when there is a change in the energy control procedures.   a) On or about August 11, 2021, Emery Oleochemicals did not ensure that retraining was provided to employees who were performing setup activities on a new spray dryer processes and were working around exposed rotary valves of cyclones A, B, C, and D, powered by electrical energy.