OSHA Inspection: CASUAL ELEGANCE ENTERPRISES

Issued

2012-08-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1350.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    (a)  At the site - on the north wall of the buiding an exit was blocked by laundry carts, on or about 5/17/2012.

Issued

2012-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4): Modifications and additions which affected capacity and safe operation were performed by the customer or user without manufacturers written approval, and the capacity, operation and maintenance instruction plates, tags or decals were not changed accordingly.    (a)  At the site - hyundai forklift #25L-7 was modified with an attachement that was used to pull laundry cart.  Employer did not notify manufacturer to obtain written approval, and the plates were not changed in accordance with this standard, on or about 5/17/2012.

Issued

2012-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $900.00 · Current $450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2):  If your company had more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year, you must keep OSHA injury and illness records unless your establishment is classified as a partially exempt industry under  1904.2.    (a)  At the site - the employer did not maintain the log of injuries and illnesses (OSHA 300) or its equivalent, on or about 5/17/2012.

Issued

2012-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-21 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) At the site - the employer did not develop a specific program for machinery such as but not limited to Industrial Washing Machine, Serial Number J079-174-810-1995, on or about 5/17/2012.

Issued

2012-08-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.    (a)  At the site - the employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l), on or about 5/17/2012.