OSHA Inspection: NARVICK BROS. LUMBER CO. INC.

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4135.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(ii): Only trained persons shall operate an aerial lift.  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, employees were permitted to operate an aerial lift prior to receiving training, thereby exposing employees to fall or tip-over hazards.   Abatement certification is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4135.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.67(c)(2)(v): A personal fall arrest or travel restraint system that meets the requirements of subpart I of this part were not worn or attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, employees operating an aerial lift did not wear or attach a fall arrest or travel restraint system to the boom or basket, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.   Abatement certification is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $10073.00 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:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer had not evaluated the horizontal concrete mixer to determine if the space was a permit-required confined space, prior to allowing employees to fully enter the mixer to perform maintenance, thereby exposing employees to struck-by,  caught-in-between, and fall hazards.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $5646.00 Reduced

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:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did not inform employees of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space), by posting danger signs or any other equally effective means, thereby exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in-between, and fall hazards.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).  NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $10073.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(3)(iii): 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 isolating the permit space:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer had not developed and implemented the means, procedures, and practices necessary for isolating the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) from hazardous stored energy, in the form of the gravity initiated rotation of the shaft and blade assembly, prior to allowing employees to fully enter the mixer to perform maintenance, thereby exposing employees to struck-by,  caught-in-between, and fall hazards.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did not develop, document and utilize procedures for the control of hazardous stored energy of the horizontal concrete mixer, in the form of the gravity initiated rotation of the shaft and blade assembly, prior to allowing employees to fully enter to perform maintenance, thereby exposing employees to struck-by,  caught-in-between, and fall hazards.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d)(5)(i): All potentially hazardous stored or residual energy was not relieved, disconnected, restrained or otherwise rendered safe after the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did not restrain, or otherwise render safe, the hazardous stored energy of the horizontal concrete mixer, in the form of the gravity initiated rotation of the shaft and blade assembly, prior to allowing employees to fully enter to perform maintenance, thereby exposing employees to struck-by,  caught-in-between, and fall hazards.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d)(6): Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that had been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee did not verify that isolation and de-energization of the machine or equipment had been accomplished:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did  not verify that the hazardous stored energy of the horizontal concrete mixer, in the form of the gravity initiated rotation of the shaft and blade assembly had been isolated, prior to allowing employees to fully enter to perform maintenance, thereby exposing employees to struck-by,  caught-in-between, and fall hazards.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $5646.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(4)(vii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that equipment, such as ladders, needed for safe ingress and egress by authorized entrants were maintained properly.  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees assigned to perform maintenance within the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) used equipment needed, such as, but not limited to ladders, to facilitate safe ingress and egress into and out of the space while transitioning from an aerial lift, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(4)(ix): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that any other equipment necessary for safe entry into and rescue from permit spaces was maintained properly:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees assigned to perform maintenance within the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) had equipment such as, but not limited to, work platforms or padding to prevent unintended bodily contact from slipping or falling into or onto the blade and shaft assembly, while transitioning from an aerial lift onto the shaft, standing on the shaft, or standing on the blade arms, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards.  Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(6)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee less than 4 feet (1.2 m) above dangerous equipment is protected from falling into or onto the dangerous equipment by a guardrail system or a travel restraint system, unless the equipment is covered or guarded to eliminate the hazard.  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, employees assigned to perform maintenance within the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) were not protected from falling less than 4 feet into or onto the unguarded blade and shaft assembly while transitioning from an aerial lift onto the shaft, standing on the shaft, or standing on the blade arms, thereby exposing employees fall hazards.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $10073.00 Reduced

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:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer did not provide an attendant during entry into the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) prior to allowing employees to fully enter the mixer to perform maintenance activities.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $10073.00 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.  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, 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, prior to allowing employees to fully enter the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) to perform maintenance activities.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $10073.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer had not prepared an entry permit prior to allowing employees to fully enter a horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) to perform maintenance activities, thereby exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in-between, and fall hazards.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $10073.00 Reduced

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:  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer had not provided the necessary permit-required confined space training prior to allowing two employees to fully enter the horizontal concrete mixer (a permit-required confined space) to perform maintenance activities, thereby exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in-between, and fall hazards.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2024-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation.  (a) Morris Batch Plant Yard - On or about April 3rd, 2024, the employer had not ensured that each employee performing servicing and maintenance activities inside of the horizontal concrete mixer was trained at the level of an authorized employee in the recognition of, the type and magnitude of, and the methods and means necessary to control the hazardous stored energy such as, but not limited to, the gravity initiated rotation of the shaft and blade assembly, thereby exposing employees to struck-by, caught-in-between, and fall hazards.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).