Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19100176 F Handling materials - general.
Inspection Nr: 414289.015
Citation: 01009
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Date: 11/20/2012 2
Initial Penalty: $2,000.00
Current Penalty: $1,000.00
Issuance Date: 10/29/2012
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 2
Related Event Code (REC):
Gravity: 5
Report ID: 0336000
Contest Date: 11/23/2012
Final Order: 11/30/2012
Emphasis:
Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalty | C: Contested | 01/31/2013 | $2,000.00 | 11/20/2012 | Serious | |
Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 11/30/2012 | $1,000.00 | 11/20/2012 | Serious | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 10/29/2012 | $2,000.00 | 11/20/2012 | Serious |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 009 Hazard:
29 CFR 1910.176(f): Derail and/or bumper blocks were not provided on spur railroad tracks where a rolling car could contact other cars being worked or enter a building, work or traffic area: A). Vortex Recycling - On or about 8/16/12 and at times prior thereto, employees were working near and around rail cars performing activities that include but were not limited to operations associated with unloading filters into the pit area and opening/closing bottom doors on rail cars. Derailing/blocking devices were not utilized on rail cars at the pit area and/or staged to come into the building at the north end of the facility.