OSHA Inspection: WILDHORSE RESORT AND CASINO

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $1,785 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii):     The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:     (a) Employees were potentially exposed to serious health hazards from the use of tight-fitting respirators without a determination to ensure that the employee was medically able to use the respirator and from a failure to ensure that respirators were cleaned, stored, and maintained properly. Respirators were available for use in the kitchen areas of Wildhorse Casino and Resort, located at 46510 Wildhorse Boulevard in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i):     Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    (a) The inspection revealed that employees who were provided with respirators for voluntary use were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134.  Respirators were available for use in the kitchen areas of Wildhorse Casino and Resort, located at 46510 Wildhorse Boulevard in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,168 · Current $1,517 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b):     Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:    (a) Employees were potentially exposed to serious injury from the use of a compressed air nozzle that was not reduced to less than 30 psi. The air nozzle was located in the casino machine shop at 46510 Wildhorse Boulevard in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $1,785 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i):     Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:    (a) Employees were potentially exposed to serious injury from an unused opening in a circuit breaker panel box that was not effectively closed. Located in the mechanical closet in the golf maintenance shop in circuit breaker panel A.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $5,100 · Current $3,570 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i):     During use, containers for contaminated sharps were not easily accessible to personnel or located as close as was feasible to the immediate area where sharps were used or could be reasonably anticipated to be found:    (a) Employees were potentially exposed to serious health effects from exposure to sharps because containers for contaminated sharps were not located on the cleaning carts for room attendents. Located at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i):     The employer did not make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure:    (a) Employees were potentially exposed to serious health effects because they were not offered the Hepatitis B vaccine although their job duties potentially exposed them to bloodborne pathogens. Located at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(ii):     The employer's Exposure Control Plan did not contain at least the elements in 29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(A) through (c)(1)(ii)(C):    (a) The inspection revealed that the exposure control plan for bloodborne pathogens developed by the employer did not contain the schedule and method of implementation for paragraphs (f) Hepatitis B Vaccination and Post-Exposure Evaluation and Follow-up, (g) Communication of Hazards to Employees, and (h) Recordkeeping, of this standard nor the procedure for the evaluation of circumstances surrounding exposure incidents as required by paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this standard. Located at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, Oregon.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(iv):     The Exposure Control Plan was not reviewed and updated at least annually:    (a) The inspection revealed the Exposure Control Plan for Bloodborne Pathogens at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, Oregon was not reviewed and updated at least annually.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1):     On every building or other structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official were not marked on plates of approved design and securely affixed in a conspicuous place in each space to which they relate.    (a) The inspection revealed that the walkways on the storage racks and overhead storage areas in the golf maintenance warehouse did not have a posted load rating. Located at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(3):     When the employer decided that its employees would not enter permit spaces, the employer did not comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1), 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2), 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(6), and 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(8):      (a) The inspection revealed that the employer had not evaluated the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces, did not label permit required confined spaces, and did not have a system in place to inform contractors that the workplace contains these spaces and that entry is allowed only through compliance with a permit required confined space program meeting the requirements of this section. Confined spaces identified in the inspection were the vault in the sewage ejection room located and the water treatment tank located in the basement at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1):     An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    (a) The inspection revealed that the employer did not provide employees with an education program to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguishers. Located at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, OR.

Issued

Feb 15, 2012

Abate by

Mar 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii):     The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:    (a) The inspection revealed chemical spray bottles that were not labeled with the appropriate hazard warnings. The bottles were located in the chemical storage closet of the kitchen at Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, Oregon.