OSHA Inspection: DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR - INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 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) At the Indian Health Services-Elko, patient benefit coordinator, contract health office, emergency equipment storage and computer room areas exit access was obstructed by furniture, boxes, plastic containers, desks and file cabinets.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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) At the Indian Health Services-Elko, nurses storage room door was not marked "NOT AN EXIT".

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.159(c)(10):   The minimum vertical clearance of 18 inches between automatic sprinkler systems sprinklers and the material below was not maintained.      (a) At the Indian Health Services-Elko, PHN storage room, the vertical clearance below the automatic sprinkler system was obstructed by boxes of crayons.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 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) At the Indian Health Services-Elko, telephone/utility room, three electrical power panels and their branch circuit breakers were not marked or labeled.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 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) At the Indian Health Services-Elko, a re-locatable power tap was used to provide power to the microwave oven and the refrigerator.