OSHA Inspection: ROCK CREEK DISTILLERY, LLC

Issued

2022-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4931.00 · Current $2959.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(15): Walking-working surfaces not otherwise addressed. Except as provided elsewhere in this section or by other subparts of this part, the employer did not ensure each employee on a walking working surface 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one of the systems listed in 1910.28(b)(15)(i)-(iii):  On or about July 6, 2022, an employee  was exposed to fall hazards greater than 4 feet, while standing on top of confined space tank under entry, as the entry watch.

Issued

2022-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8629.00 · Current $5177.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(11): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services:  On or about July 6, 2022, the confined space permit being used by employees cleaning the interior of a frac tank did not identify rescue and emergency services exposing employees to hazards associated with entering and working in a permit required confined space.

Issued

2022-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 July 6, 2022, the procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services as outlined in the Confined Space program were not implemented resulting in employees being exposed to hazards associated with conducting work inside a permit required confined space.

Issued

2022-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8629.00 · Current $5177.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(k)(3)(ii): An authorized entrant entered a permit space and did not have the other end of the retrieval line attached to a mechanical device or fixed point outside the permit space in such a manner that rescue could begin as soon as the rescuer becomes aware that rescue is necessary:  On or about July 6, 2022, the authorized entrant worked inside the confined space without the retrieval line attached to a mechanical device or fixed point outside the space to allow rescue to being as soon as the rescuer was aware, exposing exposing employees to hazards associated with entering a permit-required confined space.

Issued

2022-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $692.00 · Current $415.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(2): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the purpose of the entry:  On or about July 6, 2022, the confined space entry permit being used by employees cleaning the interior of a frac tank did not identify the purpose of the entry exposing entrants to hazards associated with conducting work inside a permit required confined space.