June 21, 2016
Carthage, Missouri
Citations received: June 16, 2016
Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued nine serious safety violations to Americold Logistics, a food industry provider of cold storage warehousing and logistical services. A January 2016 complaint investigation found the company violated OSHA's process safety management procedures for using ammonia in its refrigeration warehouse facility.
An investigation by the agency's Kansas City area office found the company failed to:
Proposed Penalties: $54,800
View Citations here.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates more than 175 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide providing warehousing and logistics services to the food industry.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Kansas City Area Office at 816-502-0297.
OSHA finds Americold Logistics, a cold storage company, lacked proper procedures for use of potentially dangerous ammonia
Employer name: Americold LogisticsCarthage, Missouri
Citations received: June 16, 2016
Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued nine serious safety violations to Americold Logistics, a food industry provider of cold storage warehousing and logistical services. A January 2016 complaint investigation found the company violated OSHA's process safety management procedures for using ammonia in its refrigeration warehouse facility.
An investigation by the agency's Kansas City area office found the company failed to:
- Identify ammonia refrigeration piping by name and direction of flow.
- Correct equipment deficiencies.
- Follow good engineering practices.
- Train workers on start-up procedures.
- Conduct training on confined space rescue procedures.
- Train workers on the hazardous chemicals in use.
- Close electrical openings.
- Prevent electrical equipment from being exposed to water and moisture.
Proposed Penalties: $54,800
View Citations here.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates more than 175 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide providing warehousing and logistics services to the food industry.
To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Kansas City Area Office at 816-502-0297.