OSHA Inspection: MERCADO MEXICANO INC.

Issued

Dec 8, 1997

Abate by

Dec 15, 1997

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,365 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129 (1) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not
furnish to each of his employees conditions of 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 exposed to:
a) building at 2000 Spartanburg Highway  --  the employer
permitted an employee to use gasoline to saturate sponge-
like material glued to a concrete floor and to use a
metal scraper to remove the material from the floor.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable
abatement method to correct this hazard is to use water
instead of gasoline to saturate the material glued to the
floor.