OSHA Inspection: KEITH HANKINS

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not 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:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards. The receiving pit located nearest the office has guardrails on three sides, leaving one side open, with a drop of 11 feet, and the yellow platform used while weighing trucks, with a drop of 58 inches.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4148.00 · Current $3318.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.38(b): An emergency action plan was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to safety hazards. An emergency action plan was not created, available to employees, or communicated to employees.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.272(d): The employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan meeting the requirements contained in 1910.38(a):  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to safety hazards. The employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan consisting of but not limited to: reporting a fire; procedures for emergency evacuation; procedures to account for employees; and procedures to be followed.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to respiratory, atmospheric, amputation, caught by, and struck by, and engulfment hazards. Employees were engaging in job tasks and activities which had not been assessed by the employer for likely hazards and the use of PPE.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards. Employees engaged in working in and around grain bins were told to wear N95 mask without a respiratory protection program.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 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:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to respiratory, atmospheric, and explosive hazards. Employees worked at a grain elevator with twelve grain bins and two receiving pits. The employer did not evaluate the workplace for permit-required confined spaces.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to respiratory, atmospheric, and explosive hazards. Employees worked at a grain elevator with twelve grain bins and two receiving pits which were not identified as permit-required confined spaces via signage. This occurred for at least twelve identified spaces:  a) The receiving pit located near the office. b) The receiving pit located near the 100,000 bushel grain bins. c) The northern most 50,000 bushel grain bin. d) The 50,000 bushel grain bin located just north of the office. e) The 50,000 bushel grain bin located just south of the office. f) The third most southern of the office 50,000 bushel grain bin.  g) The second most southern of the office 50,000 bushel grain bin. h) The southern most 50,000 bushel grain bin. i) The northern 100,000 bushel grain bin. j) The southern 100,000 bushel grain bin. k) The overhead bin located above the dumping and receiving area by the office. l) The overhead bin located by the dumping and receiving area by the 100,000 bushel grain bins.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to respiratory, atmospheric, and explosive hazards. Employees worked at a grain elevator with twelve grain bins and two receiving pits and were required to enter these as part of job duties without a written and implemented permit-required confined space program.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to caught in and pinch point hazards. Multiple pulleys with parts seven feet or less from the work platform were not guarded.  a) The pulley located by the front of the truck scale near the office. b) The far side from the office of the smallest bins, located between two 50,000 bushel bins. c) The distributor head of the active leg by the two 100,000 bushel bins. d) The horizontal screw auger located near the office, with a guard only partly attached and an exposed pulley.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i): Horizontal belts which had both runs 42 inches or less from the floor level were not fully enclosed by guards conforming to requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to caught in and pinch point hazards. Multiple belts with both runs 42 inches or less from the floor were not fully guarded.  a) The belt located by the front of the truck scale near the office. b) The far side from the office of the smallest bins, located between two 50,000 bushel bins. c) The distributor head of the active leg by the two 100,000 bushel bins. d) The horizontal screw auger located near the office, with a guard only partly attached and an exposed belt.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1): The employer did not provide training to employees at least annually and when changes in job assignments would expose them to new hazards in the grain handling facilities:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to engulfment, asphyxiation, amputation, fire, and electrical hazards. Employees were not provided with specific procedures and safety practices for housekeeping, preventative maintenance procedures, and lock out/tagout procedures. Employees were also not provided with training regarding specialized training for grain bin entry, resulting in the engulfment of an employee by grain.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i): The employer did not issue a permit for entering bins, silos or tanks in the grain handling facility before the employees entered the bins, silos, or tanks:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, an employee was exposed to engulfment, asphyxiation, amputation hazards. The employee entered a 50,000 bushel grain bin three times without a permit.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iii): The atmosphere within a bin, silo, or tank in the grain handling facility was not tested for oxygen content prior to employee entry:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to asphyxiation hazards. Two employees entered a grain bin five times without testing the atmosphere for oxygen content prior to entering the grain bin.  a) An employee, the Plant Manager, initially entered the grain to start flow. b) A second employee entered the bin to restart the flow of grain after it stopped up. c) The second employee made another entry after further flow issues and was engulfed in grain to chest height. d) The first employee entered the bin to attempt a rescue of the second employee with a truck driver that had arrived. e) The first employee entered again after the first rescue attempt was not successful and calling 911.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(ii): Prior to entry, all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment which presented a danger to employees inside grain storage structures in the grain handling facility were not disconnected, locked out and tagged, blocked-off, or otherwise prevented from operating by other equally effective means or methods:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to amputation hazards. Two employees entered a grain bin five times while the sweep auger was operating.  a) An employee, the Plant Manager, initially entered the grain to start flow. b) A second employee entered the bin to restart the flow of grain after it stopped up. c) The second employee made another entry after further flow issues and was engulfed in grain to chest height. d) The first employee entered the bin to attempt a rescue of the second employee with a truck driver that had arrived. e) The first employee entered again after the first rescue attempt was not successful and calling 911.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.272(m)(4): The employer did not implement procedures in the grain handling facility for the use of tags and locks which would prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted, which could result in employee injury:    At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to electrical, amputation, caught by, and struck by hazards. Employees performed maintenance and service on grain handling machinery without an established lockout tagout program.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(iv): The employer did not prohibit "walking down grain" and similar practices where the employee walks on grain to make it flow within or out from a grain storage structure, or where an employee is on moving grain:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to engulfment hazards. The employer did not prohibit practices such as walking down the grain to make grain flow in a grain bin. Two employees walked down the grain in three separate bin entries, leading to the engulfment of an employee.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(2): When entering the grain handling facility bins, silos, or tanks from the top, employees did not wear a body harness with lifeline, or use a boatswain's chair that met the requirements of Subpart D, 29 CFR 1910.28:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to engulfment hazards. Two employees entered a grain bin five times without the use of a harness with a lifeline or a boatswain's chair.  a) An employee, the Plant Manager, initially entered the grain to start flow. b) A second employee entered the bin to restart the flow of grain after it stopped up. c) The second employee made another entry after further flow issues and was engulfed in grain to chest height. d) The first employee entered the bin to attempt a rescue of the second employee with a truck driver that had arrived. e) The first employee entered again after the first rescue attempt was not successful and calling 911.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to electrical shock and fire hazards. Strain relief was not provided to the cord of a live electrical box located on the 100,000 bushel grain bin located closest to the office, exposing conductors.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1659.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(k): Receiving pit feed openings in the grain handling facility, such as truck or railcar receiving pits, were not covered by grates which had a maximum opening width of 2 1/2 inches:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to trip hazards. A grate on a receiving located near the 100,000 bushel grain pins had an opening in the grate that measured 3 inches across.

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(m)(1): The employer did not implement preventive maintenance procedures consisting of the requirements of (m)(1)(i) through (m)(1)(ii):  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to explosion, engulfment, confined space, and caught in hazards. The employer did not implement preventative maintenance procedures consisting of the requirements of (m)(1) through (m)(1)(ii).

Issued

2024-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

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:  At the worksite located at 1315 North 2nd Street Clinton, MO: On or prior to January 29, 2024, employees were exposed to chemical hazards, including but not limited to aluminum phosphide, gasoline, and bleach. Employees worked without a written hazard communication program.