OSHA Inspection: GARY SCHOFNER

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2):     Portable extinguishers or hose used in lieu thereof under paragraph (d)(3) of this section shall be visually inspected monthly.    Gary Schofner dba Little Bs Auto Care had portable fire extinguishers within their facility for employee use in the event of a fire.  The company did not perform monthly visual inspections of the portable fire extinguishers to ensure that they were fully charged, undamaged, and ready for immediate employee use.

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 15, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): \r\n\r\nWhere the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.\r\n\r\nGary Schofner dba Little B\u0019s Auto Care had portable fire extinguishers within their facility for employee use in the event of a fire.  The company did not provide an educational program to employees, in order to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards associated with incipient stage fire fighting.

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communicationprogram which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning,material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    Gary Schofner dba Little Bs Auto Care had hazardous chemicals at the facility, which were utilized by employees.  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program.

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i):     A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using an identity that is referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas):    Gary Schofner dba Little Bs Auto Care had hazardous chemicals at the facility, which were utilized by employees.  The employer did not develop and maintain a list of hazard chemicals utilized at the facility.

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): \r\n\r\nAppropriate hazard warnings, or alternatively, words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof,which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediatelyavailable to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and healthhazards of the hazardous chemical.\r\n\r\nGary Schofner dba Little B\u0019s Auto Care had hazardous chemicals at the facility, and the employer did not have labels on the container that identified the hazard associated with the chemical.

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): \r\n\r\nEmployers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGary Schofner dba Little B\u0019s Auto Care had hazardous chemicals at the facility, and the employer did not have a material safety data sheet at the facility for the following two chemicals, Eagle One and Westley\u0019s Bleche-White.

Issued

Sep 14, 2011

Abate by

Sep 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): \r\n\r\nEmployers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals intheir work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trainedabout is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability,carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety datasheets.\r\n\r\nGary Schofner dba Little B\u0019s Auto Care had hazardous chemicals at the facility, which were utilized by employees.  The employer did not provide the employees with any hazard communication training.  This training would include the following:\r\n\r\n\r\nInformation:\r\n\r\na.\tThe requirements of this section,\r\nb.\tAny operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present, and\r\nc.\tThe location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and material safety data sheets.\r\n\r\nTraining:\r\n\r\na.\tMethods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in their work area,\r\nb.\tThe physical and health hazards of the chemicals in their work area,\r\nc.\tThe measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, and \r\nd.\tThe details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer.\r\n