OSHA Inspection: DOUBLE R BRAND FOODS LLC

Issued

2026-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $2128.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.4(a): Basic requirement. Each employer required by this Part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:  a) On or about November 14, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, a work-related illness involving an employee that resulted in an in-patient hospitalization was not entered on the OSHA 300 Logs.

Issued

2026-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14895.00 · Current $14895.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(g)(1)(i): The employer did not train each employee in an overview of the process:  (a) On or about September 13, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, an employee operated the ammonia refrigeration system before receiving training in the operating procedures required for the process.

Issued

2026-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14895.00 · Current $14895.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.119(g)(3): The employer did not prepare a record which contained the identity of the employee, the date of training, and the means used to verify that the employee understood the training.  (a) On or about September 19, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, the training record for an employee involved in operating the ammonia refrigeration process did not include the means used to verify that the employee understood the training.

Issued

2026-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14895.00 · Current $14895.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace.  (a) On or about September 13, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, an employee used a 3M FF403 respirator while inside a permit-required confined space without first receiving a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use the respirator.

Issued

2026-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14895.00 · Current $14895.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  (a) On or about September 13, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, an employee used a 3M FF403 respirator while inside a permit-required confined space without being fit tested prior to the respirator use.

Issued

2026-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14895.00 · Current $14895.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(4): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the authorized entrants within the permit space by name or by such other means (for example, through the use of rosters or tracking:  (a) On or about September 13, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, a confined space entry permit issued for work inside the permit-required confined space in Blast Cell 1 did not identify all the authorized entrants within the permit space by name or by another method that would enable the attendant(s) to determine which authorized entrants were inside the permit space.

Issued

2026-03-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14895.00 · Current $14895.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(11): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services:  (a) On or about September 13, 2025, at the Double R Brand Foods facility, a confined space entry permit issued for work inside the permit-required confined space in Blast Cell 1 did not identify the rescue and emergency services that could be summoned or the means for contacting those services.