OSHA Inspection: FORT WORTH MEAT PACKERS LLC

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6452.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.800(c): Where construction of underground facilities was not sufficiently completed so that permanent environmental controls were effective, the employer did not maintain a check-in/check-out procedure that would ensure that aboveground personnel had control of all personnel underground in the event of an emergency, environmental hazard or structural failure:  On or about March 1, 2024, and times prior thereto, employees worked underground performing tunneling activities to locate sewage leaks and were exposed to potential environmental and structural failure hazards.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.800(d): Employees were not instructed in the recognition and avoidance of hazards associated with underground construction activities included in 29 CFR 1926.800(d)(1)-(d)(10):  On or about March 1, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees performing tunneling activities were not provided hazard recognition and avoidance training prior to and during exposure to the hazardous conditions.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6452.00 · Current $3871.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.800(o)(3)(i)(A): A competent person did not inspect the roof, face, and wall of the underground construction work area at the start of each shift and as often as necessary to determine ground stability:  On or about March 1, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees tunneling under concrete structures without inspecting and ensuring stability prior to each shift exposing employees to entrapment, asphyxiation due to a tunnel collapse.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.800(o)(3)(ii): Ground conditions along haulage-ways and travel-ways of underground construction work areas, were not inspected as frequently as necessary to ensure safe passage:  On or about March 1, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees performing underground construction were exposed to hazards of collapse where inspections were not conducted for safe passage.  Wet conditions and leaking sewage, raveling dirt and potential collapse of the tunnel.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.800(o)(3)(vi): Lateral bracing (collar bracing, tie rods, or spreaders) was not provided between immediately adjacent sets in underground construction work areas to ensure added stability:  On or about March 1, 2024, and at times prior thereto, employees performing underground tunneling were exposed to unstable conditions and collapse hazards without bracing measures.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.800(o)(4)(i): Shafts and wells over 5 feet (1.53 m) in depth that employees had to enter were not supported by a steel casing, concrete pipe, timber, solid rock or other suitable materials:  On or about March 1, 2024 and at times prior thereto, employees performing underground construction were exposed to unstable conditions and engulfment.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $1659.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:  On or about March 1, 2024 and at times prior thereto, employees performing underground construction/tunneling did not evaluate the confined space and the conditions for permit requirements when exposed to leaking sewage water and atmospheres daily.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3134.00 · Current $1880.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(d): If any employer decides that employees it directs will enter a permit space, that employer must have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.  (A)  The employer did not implement a written permit space program as required.  On or about March 1, 2024, and times prior thereto, an entry permit was not developed prior to allowing employees to enter the permit-required confined space that where an excavation tunneling under the foundation to repair the sewer system.  The employees were exposed to potential atmospheric hazards related to asphyxiation and trench collapse.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(e)(2)(iii): Before an employee enters the space, the internal atmosphere must be tested, with a calibrated direct-reading instrument, for oxygen content, for flammable gases and vapors, and for potential toxic air contaminants, in that order. Any employee who enters the space, or that employee's authorized representative, must be provided an opportunity to observe the pre-entry testing required by this paragraph.  (A)  Before an employee entered the space, the internal atmosphere was not tested as required and/or any employee who entered the space, or that employee's authorized representative, was not provided an opportunity to observe the pre-entry testing required by this paragraph.   On or about January 1, 2024, and times prior thereto, prior to allowing employees to enter the permit-confined space, atmospheric monitoring and testing was not conducted as required for employees assigned to perform plumbing activities exposing the employees the atmospheric hazards.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $440.00 · Current $264.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard:   On or about January 1, 2024, and times prior thereto, the employer did not train employees on confine spaces to ensure the employees had the skills and knowledge to perform work inside a confine space (crawl space) prior to allowing the employees entering and performing work in the excavation exposing employees to hazardous condition related to asphyxiation and trench collapse.