OSHA Inspection: MENARD, INC.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $13,052 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22: Surface conditions. The employer must ensure:   (b) Loads.  The employer must ensure that each walking-working surface can support the maximum intended load for that surface.  a) On or about October 27, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the walking-working surface, being the top of the wet hoppers, accessed by climbing through or over the guard rails, could support the load of employees standing on them while performing cleaning duties.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $13,052 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(7): Openings.  The employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface near an opening, including one with a chute attached, where the inside bottom edge of the opening is less than 39 inches (99 cm) above that walking-working surface and the outside bottom edge of the opening is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by the use of:   (i) Guardrail systems;  (ii) Safety net systems;  (iii) Travel restraint systems; or,  (iv) Personal fall arrest systems.  a) On or before October 27, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employers were protected from fall hazards of approximately 30 feet, in that employees were working on the top of the wet hoppers performing cleaning duties near openings, such as but not limited to: 2 openings on east and west ends measuring approximately 30 inches by 5 inches; 4 openings on the corners measuring approximately 12 inches by 12 inches; 9 openings along north and south sides measuring approximately 17 inches by 11 inches; and floor to catwalk around the top of the hoppers measuring approximately 30 feet, that were above a distance greater than 4 feet to the next lowest level.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $13,052 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.30(a)(1): Fall hazards.  Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart.  Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017.  a) On or before October 27, 2022, the employer did not ensure that all employees performing cleaning duties on top of the hoppers in the concrete department were adequately trained in fall hazards, in that the training documents used did not include the fall hazards from climbing between the guardrail system to work on top of the wet hoppers in the concrete department while performing cleaning duties.

Issued

Dec 20, 2022

Abate by

Jan 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $13,052 · 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) Lockout or tagout device application.  a) On or before October 27, 2022, on the Shuttle Belt, each concrete employee performing cleaning operations in the Shuttle Belt area did not lock out the electrical disconnects when performing tasks such as cleaning up the overflowed material within the Shuttle Belt tracks.    Each employee was not required to:  (1) turn off and shut down the machine,  (2) physically locate and operate energy isolating devices in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from electrical energy sources,  (3) affix lockout and/or tagout devices to each energy-isolating device, and  (4) verify the effectiveness of energy isolation.