LISBON FALLS, ME ·
OSHA Inspection: BLUE OX MALTHOUSE, LLC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of BLUE OX MALTHOUSE, LLC. in 41 CAPITAL AVENUE, LISBON FALLS, ME 04252 (NAICS 311213). OSHA activity number 347963712.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BLUE OX MALTHOUSE, LLC.
- Site address
- 41 CAPITAL AVENUE
- City
- LISBON FALLS
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 04252
- Mailing
- 41 CAPITAL AVENUE, LISBON FALLS, ME 04252
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311213
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.22 C
- Issued
- May 2, 2025
- Abate by
- Jun 20, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $3,547 · Current $1,064 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.22(c): The employer did not provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces. Germination Room - The working walking surface access and egress was blocked by a crossbar, preventing safe access to the platform working area.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1064.1
- · Z (S) $3547
1910.28 B01 I A
- Issued
- May 2, 2025
- Abate by
- Jun 20, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $4,965 · Current $1,490 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(A):The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet or more above a lower level was protected from falling by a standard guardrail system: Germination Room Mezzanine - The employer did not ensure that employees working on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet or more above a lower level were protected from falling by a standard guardrail system.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1489.5
- · Z (S) $4965
1910.132 D02
- Issued
- May 2, 2025
- Abate by
- Jun 20, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that included the requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): Worksite - The Employer did not assess hazards in the workplace, such as the large and small germination rooms and mezzanine, for fall hazards or airborne contaminants, and their administrative elimination of hazards that require the use of personal protective equipment.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
1910.134 C02 II
- Issued
- May 2, 2025
- Abate by
- Jun 20, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user: Worksite - The employer did not establish and implement elements of a written program necessary to ensure that employees use a respirator voluntarily for dust, or other respirable debris, cleaned, stored, and maintained it as appropriate. The employer did not ensure that employees had appropriate storage to prevent a health hazard to the user.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
1910.134 K06
- Issued
- May 2, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer. Worksite - The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format as required to employees who wear respirators.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 347963712.
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