OSHA Inspection: CACIQUE FOODS LLC

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 5, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were not protected from the hazard of harmful chemical exposures resulting from inadvertent mixing of incompatible chemicals:.  On or about August 9, 2024, employees in the CIP room performing maintenance on the chlorinated alkaline day tank were exposed to chlorine gas when transferring chemicals to another container.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 5, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(d):  Employee alarm system. An employer must have and maintain an employee alarm system. The employee alarm system must use a distinctive signal for each purpose and comply with the requirements in �� 1910.165.  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided an emergency response plan when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 5, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.165(b)(1): The employee alarm system did not provide warning for necessary emergency action as called for in the emergency action plan, or for reaction time for safe escape of employees from the workplace or the immediate work area, or both:  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided an alarm system for necessary emergency action when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Jan 5, 2026

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(e): Training. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $11,585 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(e): Training. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided training when participating in emergency response to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(1):  Substances with limits preceded by "C" - Ceiling Values. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is preceded by a "C", shall at no time exceed the exposure limit given for that substance. If instantaneous monitoring is not feasible, then the ceiling shall be assessed as a 15-minute time weighted average exposure which shall not be exceeded at any time during the working day.  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided respirators when participating in emergency response to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134. [71 FR 16673, April 3, 2006]  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the CIP room were not provided procedures for proper use of respirators in routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations when participating in emergency response to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

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:  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided a written hazard communication program when performing maintenance on the chlorinated alkaline day tank.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the information specified under paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (ii) of this section:  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were working around an unlabeled container of Dibac when performing maintenance on the chlorinated alkaline day tank.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $16,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided effective training on hazardous chemicals when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(2)(ii): The employer did not provide information to the employees on operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present::  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not provided effective training on hazardous chemicals present in the work area when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(3)(i): The employee training did not include the methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area:  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not trained on the methods used to detect the presence of a hazardous chemical when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Abate by

Nov 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(3)(iii): Employee training did not include the measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, including specific procedures the employer had implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment to be used:  On or about August 9, 2024 employees in the  CIP room were not trained on measures employees can take to protect themselves when responding to a chlorine gas exposure.

Issued

Feb 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $11,585 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0640

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.  On or about August 9, 2024, the employer failed to report an in-patient hospitalization to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor within twenty-four (24) hours.