OSHA Inspection: JKLM CORPORATION

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3825.00 · Current $1990.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1)(iv):     On stairways more than 44 inches wide but less than 88 inches wide, one handrail on each enclosed side and one stair railing on each open side.        (a)  Employees Break Trailer - The set of steps leading to the break trailer from the ground was five risers and forty-seven inches wide with no handrails provided, on or about April 20, 2012    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2295.00 · Current $1195.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(iii):     Floor(s), working place(s), and passageway(s) were not kept free from protruding nails, splinters, loose boards, and unnecessary holes and openings to facilitate cleaning:            (a)        Employees Break Trailer  - There was a floor hole located in the employees trailer that was seven inches wide by twenty-four inches in length and twenty-four inches deep, on or about April 20, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2295.00 · Current $1195.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i):     Places of employment were not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allowed:  (a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATION(S) AND/OR CONDITIONS)(DESCRIBE HAZARD(S) WHERE NECESSARY)  NOTE: THIS SAVE TO BE USED FOR SANITATION ONLY, I.E. RESTROOMS, AND NOT FOR GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING IN THE PLANT, WHICH IS COVERED BY 1910.22(a)(1)1910             (a)      Employees Break Trailer - The employees break trailer, used as a lunch room and for storage of clothing,  was unsanitary, as evident by rodent droppings on the lunch table and shelving, and significant filth in the refrigerator where employees stored food, on or about April 20, 2012.       Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3060.00 · Current $1590.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i):     Oxygen cylinders were stored near highly combustible material, especially oil and grease; or near reserve stocks of carbide and acetylene or other fuel-gas cylinders, or near other substance likely to cause or accelerate fire; or  (a) (LOCATION) (IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS)          (a)     Behind the Tool shed Next to the Car Crusher - Two oxygen and two acetylene cylinders were stored together behind the tool shed next to the car crusher, on or about April 20, 2012.      Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3060.00 · Current $1590.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1):     Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:         (a)    Employees Break Trailer -  Access tp the electrical breaker box located on the wall to the left of the refrigerator was block by the refrigerator, on or about April 20, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2295.00 · Current $940.00 Reduced

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:  (a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC CHEMICAL/PRODUCT(S) EXPOSURE INCLUDING SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN EFFECTS, CARCINOGEN WARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL HAZARDS AS APPLICABLE WHICH ARE NOT LISTED ON THE LABEL)               (a)      Propect Metal Company  -   Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals including but not limited to  oxygen and acetylene, and the employer did not develop and implement a written hazardous communication program, on or about April 20, 2012.      Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 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 in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area and chemical-specific information was not always available through labels and material safety data sheets           (a)        Prospect Metal Company - Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals including but not limited to  oxygen and acetylene, and the employer did not provide the information and training required under paragraphs (h)(2) and (h)(3) of this section, on or about April 20, 2012.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2012-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  (a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATIONS AND/OR CONDITIONS)(IDENTIFY MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT)            (a)       Prospect Metal Company - The company established procedures for locking out equipment, and provided training, but did not establish a written program, on or about April 20, 2012    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.