OSHA Inspection: BOULEVARD TRUCKING CORP.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:    a) Job Site:   An exit door leading to Tiffany Street, had an overhead door that was locked with pad locks from the street, on or about 3/22/2012.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    a) Job Site, Staircase leading to Tiffany Street:  The exit door leading from inside the staircase to the street was obstructed with bins, boxes, chair and metal brackets, on or about 3/22/2012.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2):  Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":    a) Job Site:  An exit sign was not provided over the exit door leading to Tiffany Street, on or about 3/22/12.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,530 · Current $865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(a)(2):  No grounded conductor may be attached to any terminal or lead so as to reverse designated polarity.    a) Shop, North Wall:  An outlet mounted on the wall had reverse polarity, on or about 3/22/2012.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,530 · Current $865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings shall be provided with covers identified for the purpose. If metal covers are used, they shall be grounded. In completed installations, each outlet box shall have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy. Covers of outlet boxes having holes through which flexible cord pendants pass shall be provided with bushings designed for the purpose or shall have smooth, well-rounded surfaces on which the cords may bear.    a) Shop, North Wall:  No face plate was provided on the outlet mounted on the wall, on or about 3/22/2012.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $510 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.2(a): A log of all recordable occupational injuries and illnesses, (OSHA Form No.300 or equivalent), was not maintained at the establishement:     a) Employer had not kept records of occupational injuries or illnesses on the OSHA 300 logs for 2011, on or about 3/22/12.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program 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:    a) Job Site: No written hazard communication program was developed and implemented by the employer, on or about 3/22/2012.

Issued

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):  The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:     a) Job Site:  A material data sheets (MSDS) was not available for Cevron gear lubrication, Buldog 15 W oil and Cevron EG Oil, on or about 3/22/2012.