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OSHA Inspection: LOWES HOME CENTER INC #0561

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of LOWES HOME CENTER INC #0561 in 299 GRANT AVE, AUBURN, NY 13021 (NAICS 444110). OSHA activity number 312368285.

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Site address
299 GRANT AVE
City
AUBURN
State
NY
ZIP
13021
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
444110
SIC code (legacy)
5211
Employees
125
Ownership type
A

5 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Deleted Serious Gravity 03 5 instances 11 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1875.00 · Current $1875.00
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 exposed to THE HAZARD OF BEING STRUCK-BY:
a)Lowes retail store, on or about 03/05/2009: The following fire exit
doorways
were locked with a 15-second delay egress locking mechanism and no sign
was posted reading "PUSH UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS DOOR CAN BE
OPENED IN 15 SECONDS"
1)Appliance/Flooring back exit
2)Lumber area back exit
3)Lumber area side exit
4)Front end area exit
5)Garden center front exit
6)Garden center rear exit
7)Receiving area truck driver exit
8)Receiving area double exit
Among other methods, several feasible and acceptable abatement methods to
correct
these hazards are to:
Install signs that read: ""PUSH UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS DOOR CAN BE
OPENED IN 15 SECONDS" in accordance with The Life Safety Code, section
7.2.1.6.1, Delayed-Egress Locks.
Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1875.00
  • — Z (S) $1875.00

1910.36 D01

Deleted Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 11 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1875.00 · Current $1875.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1875.00
  • — Z (S) $1875.00

1910.37 B04

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 11 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1875.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (S) $1875.00

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 03 5 instances 11 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1875.00 · Current $1875.00
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 exposed to THE HAZARD OF BEING STRUCK-BY:
a)Lowes retail store, on or about 03/05/2009: The following fire exit
doorways
were locked with a 15-second delay egress locking mechanism and no sign
was posted reading "PUSH UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS DOOR CAN BE
OPENED IN 15 SECONDS"
1)Appliance/Flooring back exit
2)Lumber area back exit
3)Lumber area side exit
4)Front end area exit
5)Garden center front exit
6)Garden center rear exit
7)Receiving area truck driver exit
8)Receiving area double exit
Among other methods, several feasible and acceptable abatement methods to
correct
these hazards are to:
Install signs that read: ""PUSH UNTIL ALARM SOUNDS DOOR CAN BE
OPENED IN 15 SECONDS" in accordance with The Life Safety Code, section
7.2.1.6.1, Delayed-Egress Locks.
Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1875.00
  • — Z (S) $1875.00

1910.36 D01

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 11 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1875.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S) $1875.00

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