OSHA Inspection: RIVIANA FOODS, INC.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7577.00 · Current $4546.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary:  a) At the rough rice receiving pit, the employer did not evaluate the fumigant in the permit space prior to entry and during entry operations, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7577.00 · Current $4546.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and/or for preventing unauthorized entry:  a) At the rough rice receiving pit, the employer did not implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) At the facility, the entry permit for entering rough rice receiving pit did not specify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $13260.00 · Current $7956.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.333(a)(1):   Live parts to which an employee may be exposed were not deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer could demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or was infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations:  a) At the Export Department, where the electricity running to electrical panel box was not deenergized prior to employees working on it.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1063.00 · Current $638.00 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) At the rough rice receiving pit, employer did not have an effective means of informing employees of a permit space, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.