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Standard Cited: 19100178 B12 Powered industrial trucks.

Inspection Nr: 1418736.015

Citation: 01004

Citation Type: Other

Abatement Status: Abatement Completed

Initial Penalty: $9,446.00

Current Penalty: $4,723.00

Issuance Date: 01/21/2020

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 7

Abatement Date: 08/14/2020

Gravity:

Report ID: 0418400

Contest Date:

Final Order: 02/14/2020

Related Event Code (REC):

Emphasis:


Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History
Type Latest Event Event Date Penalty Abatement Due Date Citation Type Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty I: Informal Settlement 02/14/2020 $4,723.00 08/14/2020 Other  
Penalty Z: Issued 01/21/2020 $9,446.00 02/14/2020 Serious  

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.178(b)(12): The atmosphere or location was not classified as to whether it was hazardous or nonhazardous prior to the consideration of industrial trucks being used therein and the type of industrial truck required was not provided as in paragraph (d) of this section for such location: a) Ethanol Plant, Ethanol Pump/Loading Area - On or about July 24, 2019, the employer did not identify the area as a Class I, Division 2 hazardous location and use a forklift that was appropriate for the hazardous location, in that an unapproved Yale LP forklift was used to dispense gasoline from an intermediate bulk container into an ethanol tanker truck, thus exposing employees to flash fire hazards.

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