EMMAUS, PA —
OSHA Inspection: MECHANICS PLUS TOWING AND TRANSPORT
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of MECHANICS PLUS TOWING AND TRANSPORT in 4701 COLEBROOK AVENUE, EMMAUS, PA 18049 (NAICS 488410). OSHA activity number 338480031.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MECHANICS PLUS TOWING AND TRANSPORT
- Site address
- 4701 COLEBROOK AVENUE
- City
- EMMAUS
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18049
- Mailing
- 4701 COLEBROOK AVENUE, EMMAUS, PA 18049
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 488410
- Employees
- 35
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $0 Reduced
9010
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use: a) Spray Booth Area - The employer is requiring employees to wear half and full face respirators, while applying coatings and resins, without developing and implementing a respiratory protection program on or about 1/23/13.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $2100
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- May 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $1,050
9010
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: a) Spray Booth Area - Employees are wearing respirators as part of a mandatory employer requirement and have not received medical evaluations to ensure they can safely wear a respirator, on or about 1/23/13.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1050
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 F
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- May 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9010
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(f): The employee was required to use a respirator without being fit tested with the same make, model, style and size of respirator that was to be used: a) Spray Booth Area - Employees are wearing respirators as part of a mandatory employer requirement and have not been fit tested to ensure the respirator is protecting them, on or about 1/23/13.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 G01 I A
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- May 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9010
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function a) Spray Booth Area - An employee is wearing respirators while applying various coatings and resins, and was not clean shaven while wearing the respirator, on or about 1/23/13.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced
01709010
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) Throughout Facility - A Hazard Communication Program was not developed where employees are working with various coatings and resins that have hazardous contents such as ammonia or silica, on or about 1/23/13.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- May 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $1,400
01709010
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h): Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and -2 on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into the workplace: (a) Throughout Facility - Employees working with materials that contain ammonia and silica had not been trained on these and other hazardous chemicals in their workplace, on or about 1/23/13.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 A02 I
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013
- Abate by
- May 3, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(i): The control of energy during servicing and/or maintenance of machines and equipment was not conducted to prevent the uncontrolled release of stored energies: a) Mechanics Plus Towing & Transport - on or about January 23, 2013, employees are not controlling stored energies while conducting vehicular maintenance.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1750
- — Z (S) $3500
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 338480031.
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