OSHA Inspection: BEVERLY FEED AND EQUIPMENT INC.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $980.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(2):     Every ladderway floor opening or platform shall be guarded by a standard railing with standard toeboard on all exposed sides (except at entrance to opening), with the passage through the railing either provided with a swinging gate or so offset that a person cannot walk directly into the opening.      a.     At the rear of the building where employees climbed the fixed ladder to load product, there was a 21 1/2 inch by 26 1/2 inch opening without a guardrail thereby exposing the employees to an approximatily  twenty five foot fall hazard.    b.      At the rear of the building where employees climbed the fixed ladder to load product, there was a 25 1/2 inch opening at the back of the platform  which employees could accidently step off the platform thereby exposing employees to an approximatily twenty five foot fall hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(8):     Every floor hole into which persons can accidentally walk shall be guarded by either:      29 CFR 1910.23(a)(9):     Every floor hole into which persons cannot accidentally walk (on account of fixed machinery, equipment, or walls) shall be protected by a cover that leaves no openings more than 1 inch wide. The cover shall be securely held in place to prevent tools or materials from falling through.    a.     a.     On the second level of the mill where employees walked to gain access to the grinder, there was a open hole which measured 10 inches by 21 inchesemployees could step into thereby exposing employees to a trip/fall hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3):     Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards shall be guarded with a standard railing and toe board.    a.    On the second level where employees climb on a scaffold plank used as a work platform to change the direction of the corn coming into the machine, the employer failed to install a fall protection system thereby exposing employees to a 8 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.25(c)(2)(i)(f):     A metal spreader or locking device of sufficient size and strength to securely hold the front and back sections in open positions shall be a component of each stepladder. The spreader shall have all sharp points covered or removed to protect the user. For Type III ladder, the pail shelf and spreader may be combined in one unit (the so-called shelf-lock ladder).    a.     On the second floor of the mill where the grinder is located, the employer placed a wooden step ladder against the wall and did not open the spreader to stabilize the ladder whenstepping from the ladder two feet to a work platform thereby exposing employees to a 8 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $980.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a):     Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.    a.     At the rear of the building where the grain bins are located, the employer did not provide or enforce the use of a fall protection system when the employees went on top of the bin to check grain levels within the bin thereby exxposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $560.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.    a.     In the grain facility where product is mixed and made into feed for live stock, the employer did not develop a wruitten lock-out/tag-out program which consisted of training in the procedures for authorized and affected employees to apply and work around equipment during maintenance thereby exposing employees to a contact hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):     Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.    a.     At the rear of the building near the batch dryer, guarding was not provided over the auger which dispensed corn from the bins thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i):     Where both runs of horizontal belts are seven (7) feet or less from the floor level, the guard shall extend to at least fifteen (15) inches above the belt or to a standard height, except that where both runs of a horizontal belt are 42 inches or less from the floor, the belt shall be fully enclosed in accordance with paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.    a.     On the second floor of the mill, the belts and pulleys on the front of the grinder were not completly enclosed with a guard thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    b.      In the basement of the mill where grain is ran through a Prater grinder, the belt and pulley was not properly guarded on the front thereby exposing employees to a contact hazard.    c.       In the basement of the mill, there was a unguarded belt and pulley on the Prater Grinder  which was missing a guard on the back side of the guard thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    d.        At the rear of the mill beside the Batch dryer, the belt and pulley was not guarded to protect against accidental contact thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.    e.        At the rear of the mill beside the Batch dryer, thr belt and pulley to the auger were not guarded thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1):     Gears. Gears shall be guarded in accordance with one of the following methods:        29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1)(i):     By a complete enclosure.    a.     In the basement, the Prater Grinder had a chain and sprocket which was not completly enclosed thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(k)(1):     Guards. Clutches, cutoff couplings, or clutch pulleys having projecting parts, where such clutches are located seven (7) feet or less above the floor or working platform, shall be enclosed by a stationary guard constructed in accordance with this section. A "U" type guard is permissible.    a.      In the basement, the coupler on the backside of the Prater Grinder had a coupler which was not guarded thereby exposing employees to a caught-in hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1):     The employer shall provide training to employees at least annually and when changes in job assignment will expose them to new hazards. Current employees, and new employees prior to starting work, shall be trained in at least the following:      29 CFR 1910.272(e)(1)(ii):     Specific procedures and safety practices applicable to their job tasks including but not limited to, cleaning procedures for grinding equipment, clearing procedures for choked legs, housekeeping procedures, hot work procedures, preventive maintenance procedures and lock-out/tag-out procedures.    a.     On the site, the employer did not provide training at least annually on specific procedures including and not limited to, cleaning procedures, housekeeping procedures and lock out-tag out procedures thereby exposing employees to a contact hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.272(g)(1)(i):     The employer shall issue a permit for entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's representative (who would otherwise authorize the permit) is present during the entire operation. The permit shall certify that the precautions contained in this paragraph (1910.272(g)) have been implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos or tanks. The permit shall be kept on file until completion of the entry operations.     a.    On the site where an employees entered the grain bins to perform cleanining, the employer did not provide training in confined space or engulfment hazards of grain thereby exposing employees to a contact hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(1):     Motors and appliances. Each disconnecting means required by this subpart for motors and appliances shall be legibly marked to indicate its purpose, unless located and arranged so the purpose is evident.    a.     On Level one, the energized electrical disconnects to the mixers were not marked as to the equipment they were connected to and it was not located so the purpose was evident thereby exposing employees to a contact hazard.

Issued

2012-10-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):       Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    a.     On ther site where chemicals such as gasolline, and other maintenance chemicals were used for preventitive maintwenance, the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program to inform employees of the proper procedures to handle and dispense chemicals  thereby exposing employees to a contact hazard.