Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Under the permit required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit required confined spaces before employees entered: The employer is failing to identify/evaluate all hazards including, but not limited to, location of hazards, and thermal hazards prior to allowing employees and subcontractors to enter into permit required confined spaces including, but not limited to, evaporator vessels in the plant. During cleaning operations of the vessels employees and subcontractors, including, but not limited to, wand operators are exposed to the potential over spill of hot sugar juice onto them from above in the vessel. The employer failed to identify and evaluate the confined spaces without verifying that all potential hazards had been identified and actions had been taken to ensure the space was safe to enter. One instance, which occurred on or about January 6th, 2017 involved an entrant of an evaporator vessel being scalded when a valve leading to the vessel was not closed and locked out. This allowed hot sugar juice to enter the vessel falling on the entrant in the facility located at 1200 Overland Drive, Scottsbluff, Nebraska.