OSHA fined Cenex Harvest States Inc., doing business as Central Montana Co-Op., $229,000 for willfully disregarding OSHA requirements by failing to test for hazardous atmospheres in permit-required spaces at its Columbus, Mont., facility. The company was also cited for repeat violations involving unguarded pit and floor holes, and dangerous accumulations of potentially explosive dust. OSHA investigated the facility as part of its regional emphasis program targeting grain handling establishments. The company was cited in August 2010 and February 2011 for similar violations at two of its other facilities.
OSHA sent a notification letter in August 2010 and another in February 2011 to a total of more than 13,000 grain elevator operators, warning them of proper safety precautions outlined in the Grain Handling Facilities standard. These include prohibiting entry in grain storage facilities while grain is being emptied out or flowing in or out of the bin, prohibiting employees from "walking down the grain" and ensuring that employees enter the bin with the proper safety equipment.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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Tire company and two contractors fined more than $250,000 for exposing workers to combustible dust and other hazards
OSHA cited Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. and two of its maintenance contractors $254,900and cited them with 25 safety violations at Cooper's Tupelo, Miss.,plant, including exposing workers to hazards associated with combustible dust. OSHA opened a December 2010 inspection in Tupelo following an inspection at the company's Findlay, Ohio, plant that uncovered multiple workplace hazards.
Cooper was fined for 14 violations that included willfully disregarding requirements to provide workers with protection from fires and explosions in the plant's ductwork, particle size separators, dust collectors and conveyor systems, and to install equipment and use wiring methods that were approved specifically for hazardous locations. Other violations included failing to replace or repair defective safety latches on a hoist, failing to use a standard guardrail to protect employees from dangerous equipment, and allowing combustible dust to accumulate in the handling systems.
Two maintenance contractors working with Cooper, JESCO Maintenance Corp. and IH Services, were cited with a total of 11 violations that included allowing explosive carbon black to accumulate; exposing workers to electrical hazards; and allowing the wiring and installations of equipment in hazardous locations not designed or approved for those locations.
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Cooper was fined for 14 violations that included willfully disregarding requirements to provide workers with protection from fires and explosions in the plant's ductwork, particle size separators, dust collectors and conveyor systems, and to install equipment and use wiring methods that were approved specifically for hazardous locations. Other violations included failing to replace or repair defective safety latches on a hoist, failing to use a standard guardrail to protect employees from dangerous equipment, and allowing combustible dust to accumulate in the handling systems.
Two maintenance contractors working with Cooper, JESCO Maintenance Corp. and IH Services, were cited with a total of 11 violations that included allowing explosive carbon black to accumulate; exposing workers to electrical hazards; and allowing the wiring and installations of equipment in hazardous locations not designed or approved for those locations.
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