OSHA Inspection: JOINT FORCES TRAINING BASE

Issued

2009-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-06-26 00:00:00

Issued

2009-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-06-26 00:00:00

Issued

2009-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-06-26 00:00:00

Issued

2009-06-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-06-26 00:00:00

Issued

2009-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-05-29 00:00:00

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish
employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized
hazards that were causing
or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that
employees were not provided
with an early warning smoke detection system exposing them to harmful
concentration of smoke
from a possible fire while occupants sleep in the dormitory:
a)Joint Forces Training Base: The employer failed to maintain the smoke
detection system
where students, military personal and civilians sleep in the hotel and
dormitory type
buildings. Occupants are exposed to life threatening condition in case of
a fire or other
emergency were to occur in the following buildings:
1. Building #15 - Dormitory
2. Building #19 - Dormitory
3. Building #55 - Dormitory
4. Building #56 - Dormitory
ABATEMENT NOTE: AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE
ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THESE HAZARDS IS TO PROVIDE AN APPROVED
SINGLE-STATION SMOKE ALARM IN EVERY GUEST ROOM, LIVING AREA AND
SLEEPING ROOM BY FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION -
101,  CHAPTER 29,  SECTION 3.4.5.