OSHA Inspection: ALOHA TOOL & RENTAL, INC.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $3500.00

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:    At the Facility - The employer had not developed an energy control program at their location for equipment such as the baler and the conveyor.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i):     Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    At the Facility - The employer had not documented, developed and utilized machine specific lockout/tag-out procedures.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $3500.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):     One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and  sparks:    At the Faciliity - There was no means of shutting off the baler's feed conveyor by someone stuck or caught in it, thus exposing them to crushing hazards found in the baler.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(1):     The employer was not responsible for the inspection, maintenance and testing of all portable fire extinguishers in the workplace:    At the Faciliity - The employer had not insured that portable fire extinguishers were inspected on a monthly and a yearly basis.

Issued

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii):     An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operators performance was not conducted at least once every 3 years:    At the Facility - The employer had not conducted an evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance at least every three years.