OSHA Inspection: COUNTY AUTO WRECKERS, LLC

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  light iron pile area    Employer authorized employee to operate the Terex FUCHS MLH350 material handling machine without providing any training to become familiar with the capabilities and hazards of the operation.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i): LP-Gas Containers were not stored in a manner to minimize exposure to excessive temperature rise, physical damage, or tampering by unauthorized persons     a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  adjacent to the exit roadway    Portable liquid propane tanks stored directly next to the roadway where vehicular traffic drives through in order to exit the facility were not protected from damage by vehicular traffic.     Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  hot work area    Portable fire extinguishers used to put out fires while conducting torch cutting work in the hot work area were not mounted, identified or made readily accessible for employees to utilize. Employees working in the hot work area are required to utilize fire extinguishers to put out fires.     Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4): Portable fire extinguishers were not maintained in a fully charged and operable condition:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  hot work area    Portable fire extinguisher, utilized by employees to put out fires while conducting torch cutting work were not maintained in an operable condition as they were overcharged and not properly serviced.     Violation observed on or about 08/20/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  hot work area    Portable fire extinguisher, utilized by employees to put out fires while conducting torch cutting work did not undergo an annual inspection maintenance check and did not have a tag showing when the last inspection was conducted.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/20/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  hot work area    Employees required to utilize fire extinguishers to put out small fires while conducting torch cutting work, were not provided with training in their use.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(i)(B): Goggles or other suitable eye protection were not used during all gas welding or oxygen cutting operations:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  hot work area    Employees conducting torch cutting are not provided with suitable eye protection and utilize normal sun glasses instead.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  hot work area    A written Hazard Communication Program was not developed or implemented for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to propane tanks.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  throughout facility    The employer did not maintain copies of the material safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals, such as but not limited to, propane tanks.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012

Issued

Oct 1, 2012

Abate by

Oct 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a) 27 County Road, Jersey City, NJ 07307  throughout facility    Hazard communication information and training was not provided to employees who utilize hazardous chemicals, such as but not limited to, propane tanks.   	  Violation observed on or about 08/15/2012