OSHA Inspection: GLOVER SCRAP METAL, INC.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 6, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1): Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:  a)Yard and Shop:  On or about January 30th, 2013, and prior to, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards from a stairway that did not have a mid rail in place.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):   a)Yard and Shop:  On or about January 30th, 2013, and prior to, the employer exposed employees to amputation and entanglement hazards from operation of a unguarded rotating belts and pulleys on the car crusher machine.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5): Fan blade guard(s) were not provided where the periphery of the blades was less than seven feet from the floor or working level:   a)Yard and Shop:  On or about January 30th, 2013, and prior to, the employer exposed employees to amputation and entanglement hazards from operation of a unguarded fan blade on the car crusher machine.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:   a)Yard and shop area:  On or about January 30th, 2013, and prior to,  a written hazard communication program was not available to employee(s) exposed to hazardous chemicals including but not limited to:  Diesel fuel, oxygen gas and petroleum gas.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The written hazard communication program did not include a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present, using an identity that was referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet:  a)Yard and Shop:  On or about January 30th, 2013, and prior to, a written hazard communication program, to include a chemical inventory list, was not available for employee(s) exposed to hazardous chemicals including but not limited to:  Oxygen gas and petroleum gas.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:  a)Yard and Shop:  On or about January 15th, 2013  and prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemicals without maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets on chemicals used on site including but not limited to: Oxygen gas and petroleum gas.

Issued

Jun 6, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a)Yard and Shop:  On or about January 30th, 2013, and prior to, initial training on a written hazard communication program was not documented for employee(s) exposed to hazards including but not limited to:  Oxygen gas and petroleum gas.