OSHA Inspection: MID NEBRASKA DISPOSAL, INC.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in bailing cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to slip and fall hazards related to excess amount of cardboard and paper debris covering the floor in and around the baler machine and throughout the facility.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(5): A continuing, and effective extermination program was not instituted where rodents, insects or other vermin were detected:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in bailing cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to health hazards and unsanitary conditions as a result of the employer's failure to control rodent/vermin infestation in the recycling center.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must 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 is protected from falling by one or more of items outlined in (A), (B) or (C):  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in bailing cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to fall hazards while climbing and entering the baler.  The employer has an employee using the platform railing to climb up to and over the edge of the hopper on the bailer as means of access and egress.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,252 · Current $7,252

General-duty citation text

1910.36(e)(1) A side-hinged door must be used to connect any room to an exit route:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to emergency evacuation hazards related to inadequate egress.  The employer has the employees using a roll-up door as the only means of access and egress to the facility.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards as a result of the employers failure to mark the baler as a permit required confined space.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to entering the baler.  The employer has an employee entering a permit required confined space which is the baler, to clear jams without having developed and implemented a written permit space entry program.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to entering a permit required confined space in the baler.  The employer has the employee entering the baler while exposed to hydraulic operated rams and electrical controls without having previously evaluated the location for the hazards mentioned above.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including, but not limited to items (d)(3)(i) through (d)(3)(vi) of this paragraph:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to employees entering a permit required confined space in the baler without having developed and implemented an entry procedure that ensures safe entry.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4): The employer did not provide the equipment specified in paragraphs (d)(4)(i)-(d)(4)(ix) of this section at no cost to employees, did not maintain that equipment properly, and/or did not ensure that employees use that equipment properly:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to employee entering a permit required confined space in the baler without adequate entry equipment.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(6): The employer did not provide at least one attendant outside the permit space into which entry was authorized for the duration of entry operations:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to entering a permit required confined space in the baler.  The employer has an employee entering the baler to clear jams without having posted an attendant outside the entry location.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and/or for preventing unauthorized entry:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to entering a permit required confined space in the baler hopper without having developed and implemented procedures for rescue in the event the entrant is trapped.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(10): The employer did not develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by this section:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to entering a permit required confined space in the baler hopper without having developed and implemented the use of entry permits.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:   On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards in that the employee was not instructed in the recognition of the hazards associated with working in or around the cardboard baler and the methods to mitigate those hazards.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  The employer is failing to protect employees from caught between and amputation hazards related to maintaining, cleaning and clearing jams on the baler machine.  This was most recently document on or about February 7, 2022 at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska.  The employees were not instructed in the recognition of hazards associated with developing and implementing procedures for the control of hazardous stored energy to include but not limited to: Electrical, Hydraulic and/or Thermal.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees:  The employer is failing to protect employees from caught between and amputation hazards related to maintaining, cleaning and clearing jams on the baler machine.  This was most recently document on or about February 7, 2022 at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska.  The employees did not receive adequate training associated with the application of lockout and tag out by the employer.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $101,519 · Current $15,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in bailing cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to caught between and amputation hazards related to employees entering a permit required confined space.  The employer had an employee entering the PR-9 Summit Equipment Baler to clear a jam created during the feeding process without having evaluated the cardboard baling process to determine that the inside of the baler is a permit-required confined space thus contributing to the employee's amputation injuries.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $101,519 · Current $75,114 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  The employer is failing to protect employees from caught between and amputation hazards related to maintaining, cleaning and clearing jams related to employees clearing jams in a permit required confined space without isolating the hazardous stored energy.  This was most recently document on or about February 7, 2022 at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska.  The employer had  an employee entering the PR-9 Summit Equipment Baler to clear a jam created during the feeding process without affixing a lock to the knife switch on the electrical control box thus creating the employee's amputation injuries.

Issued

Jul 27, 2022

Abate by

Aug 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:  On or about February 7, 2022: An employee engaged in baling cardboard at the Mid Nebraska Disposal recycling center at 7337 West Blender Road, Grand Island, Nebraska was exposed to fire hazards associated with lack of annual maintenance checks performed on fire extinguishers in the recycling center.