OSHA Inspection: SIEGMUND STRAUSS INC

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1):     Employees weren't able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge. A device such as a panic bar that locks only from the outside is permitted on exit discharge doors.    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) The door to the freezer did not have an exit device.    b) The overhead gate leading from the side exit had bolts and nuts securing it closed.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(a)(4):     Safeguards designed to protect employees during an emergency (e.g., sprinkler systems, alarm systems, fire doors, exit lighting) were not in proper working order at all times:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) Emergency exit lighting was not functional.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6):     Each exit sign was not illuminated to a surface value of at least five foot-candles (54 lux) by a reliable light source:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 2/12/12,  a) Bulbs for exit sign fixtures were not functional.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1):     The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 2/12/12,  a) Eye protection was not used by employees that poured bleach into water.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(ii):     Each lavatory was not provided with hot and cold running water, or tepid running water:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 2/12/12,  a) The ladies room was only provided with cold running water.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c):     Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 2/12/12,  a) Quick drenching facilities were not provided for employees that poured bleach into water.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2):     Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, unless located and arranged so the purpose was evident:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) Several circuit breakers in several circuit breaker panels were not marked.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1440.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):     Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means in this subpart:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) Live wires were hanging from a fluorescent lighting fixture.    b) Wires for a water heater were not in an approved enclosure.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers did not 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:    Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) The employer did not have a hazard communication program. Employees used products that contained hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Sodium Hypochlorite.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):     The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets foreach hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s).(Electronic access, microfiche, and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the material safety data sheets are permitted as long as nobarriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.):      Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) The employer did not have material safety data sheets for products that employese used. Employees used products that contained hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Sodium Hypochlorite.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employers did not 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 had not previously been trainedabout was 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:      Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) The employer did not train employees in hazard communication program. Employees used products that contained hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Sodium Hypochlorite.

Issued

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3):     The employer did not assure that portable fire extinguishers were subjected to an annual maintenance check:      Location: 110 East 149th Street Bronx NY 10451    On or about 3/12/12,  a) Fire extinguishers were not inspected annually.