OSHA Inspection: DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2):   Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points.    (a)  Bureau of Reclamation, Building 500, mail room storage aisles area; exit access was 24 inches and obstructed by boxes and mail room materials.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5):  Each doorway or passage along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit was not marked "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or be identified by a sign indicating its actual use (e.g. closet).    (a)  Bureau of Reclamation, Building 500, employee break room F 511, door that leads to the fire closet was not marked  "NOT AN EXIT".

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2):  Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling.    (a)  Bureau of Reclamation, Building 500: relocatable power taps used to provide power to office equipment, were daisy chained; one relocatable power tap was connected to the other.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident.    (a)  Bureau of Reclamation, Building 500, copy center power panel and circuit breakers were not marked to indicate their purpose.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(h)(5)(iii)(B):   Permanent and conspicuous warning signs were not provided, reading substantially as follows:  "DANGER -- HIGH VOLTAGE -- KEEP OUT."    (a)  Bureau of Reclamation, Building 500, out door high voltage electrical power panel near the microwave disc did not have warning signs.

Issued

Sep 26, 2012

Abate by

Oct 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)    (a)  Bureau of Reclamation, Building 500, supply stock room F 503, material safety data sheet was not available for the goo gone grease and tar remover.