OSHA Inspection: PIONEER INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6913.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:  On or about May 31, 2024, on the bailer platform; employees utilized the platform with an excess of waste build-up on the walking-working surface.

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $9000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(7): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface near an opening, including one with a chute attached is protected from falling by the use of one of the systems listed in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(7)(i)-(iv):  On or about May 31, 2024, located on the bailer in the main plant; employees worked near the top of the bailer without fall protection that contained an opening to the chute that was approximately 20 feet above the landing surface while attempting to unclogged the chute.

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $9000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.140(c)(18): The employer did not ensure that personal fall protection systems are inspected before initial use during each workshift for mildew, wear, damage, and other deterioration, and defective components are removed from service:  On or about May 31, 2024, located on the bailer platform; a personal fall arrest harness was stored on the bailer for employees to use with defective components that was not being inspected before use.

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.140(c)(7): D-rings, snap hooks, and carabiners must be capable of sustaining a minimum tensile load of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN):  On or about May 31, 2024, located on the bailer platform; a personal fall arrest harness was stored on the bailer for employees to use with defective snap hooks.

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $9000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(iii): The employer did not document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space had been eliminated, through a written certification that contained the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person making the determination:  On May 31, 2024, located at the main HBC baler, entries were made by employees into confined spaces without a written certification documenting that all hazards had been eliminated.

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6913.00 · Current $0.00 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) NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign:  On or about May 31, 2024, located on the HBC Automated Channel Baler; a permit required confined was identified and was not labeled or effectively informed to employees of the permit required confined space when employees would enter the machinery.

Issued

2024-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  On or about May 31, 2024, located in the main plant baling area; a portable fire extinguisher was not mounted and labeled where employees perform baling operations.