OSHA Inspection: GRASSY SPRAIN OWNERS CORP.

Issued

Mar 15, 2012

Abate by

Apr 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $1,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1):     The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    Location: Grassy Sprain Co-Op on Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, NY    a) The employer did not assess the workplace to determine what hazards were present where employee were working sewer pits, doing landscaping, and handling garbage; on or about March 2, 2012.

Issued

Mar 15, 2012

Abate by

Apr 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2):     The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.    Location: Room next to the laundry room at 480 Tuckahoe road in Yonkers, NY    a)The employer did not inform emaployers by posting a warning sign or by ohter means that that a sewer pit was a permit-required confined space; on or about March 2, 2012

Issued

Mar 15, 2012

Abate by

Apr 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:     Location: Grassy Sprain Co-Op on Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, NY    a) The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program where employees use janitorial and landscaping products that contain hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to fertilizers and hypochlorite; on or about March 2, 2012.

Issued

Mar 15, 2012

Abate by

Apr 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):     The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:    . Location: Grassy Sprain Co-Op on Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, NY    a) The employer did not maintain material safety data sheets for janitorial and landscaping products that contain hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to fertilizers and hypochlorite at the workplace; on or about March 2, 2012.

Issued

Mar 15, 2012

Abate by

Apr 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    . Location: Grassy Sprain Co-Op on Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, NY    a) The employer did not informed and train employees on the hazard of the janitorial and landscaping products that contain hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to fertilizers and hypochlorite and how to safely handle these chemicals at the workplace; on or about March 2, 2012.