OSHA Inspection: NUDGEE HAWAII, LTD

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(ii):     Liquefied petroleum gas container(s) stored inside were located near exits, stairways, or in areas normally used or intended for the safe exit of people:    Entrance to maintenance shop and offices:  The employer stored a 20 lb. LPG cylinder and LPG grille with a 20 lb. cylinder at the entrance of the maintenance shop and in close proximity to where housekeeping personnel work.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1):     The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment:    Hotel Back and Front of the House   The employer failed to conduct the required workplace hazard assessment for PPE and through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated.      Employees perform grinding & cutting operations with power & hand tools  Employees use and handle hazardous chemical   Employees work on energized electrical parts

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i):     Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not provided with electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body that needed to be protected and for the work being performed    Throughout Hotel:  The employer failed to provide electrical protective equipment (PPE) for employee working on live energized parts from electric arcs or flashes, which includes, but not limited to:  Insulated Gloves  Head Protection  Eye and Face Protection  Clothing  Footwear

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1):     The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    Laundry and Pool  The employees are exposed to a chemical splash to the eyes while using and handling corrosive laundry chemicals without chemical splash goggles and/or faceshield.    Destainer  Hypochlor 1250 Bleach  Whisper laundry softener  Liquid laundry break  Muriatic acid  Pool Chemicals

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):     A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:     Hotel Maintenance Operations:  The employer did develop a written respiratory protection and implement the required elements for employees wearing half-face respirators with changeable cartridges.    Required elements:  Procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace;  Medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators;  Fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators;  Procedures for proper use of respirators in routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations;  Procedures and schedules for cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators;  Training of employees in the respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed during routine and emergency situations;  Training of employees in the proper use of respirators, including putting on and removing them, any limitations on their use, and their maintenance; and  Procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2):   Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:    Throughout Hotel:  The employer did not perform a monthly inspection of fire extinguishers located throughout the hotel.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.157(e)(4):   Stored pressure dry chemical portable fire extinguishers that require a 12 year hydrostatic test were not emptied and subjected to applicable maintenance procedures every 6 years.    Throughout Hotel:  The employer did not perform maintenance procedures every 6 years for fire extinguishers located throughout the hotel, including laundry, housekeeping and maintenance areas.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 firefighting.    Throughout Hotel  The employer failed to train all employees required to use fire extinguishers in the general principles and operation of fire extinguishers, and the identification of various types of fires.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2):     Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not provided with safety guard(s) which covered the spindle end, nut, flange projections     Maintenance Shop:  The side cover was missing from right wheel of the bench grinder.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):   Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch.    Maintenance Shop:  The tool rests were not adjusted within one eighth-inch on both grinding wheels.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):     The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch.    Maintenance Shop:  The adjustable tongue guards were missing from both wheels of the bench grinder.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):   Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i).    Maintenance Shop:  The auxiliary lamp on the craftsman bench grinder was not guarded from accidental contact.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1):   Employees were not trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertained to their respective job assignments.     Hotel Front and Back of the House   Employees that are required to work on exposed live parts were not trained in the safety-related work practices for removal and installation of circuit breakers, troubleshooting electrical wiring and troubleshooting and repairing electrical systems and equipment.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(3):   Employees were not trained in and familiar with the safety related work practices required by 29 CFR 1910.331 through 29 CFR 1910.335 that pertained to their respective job assignments.    Hotel Front and Back of the House Engineering:   Employees are not trained in the skills and techniques necessary to distinguish exposed live parts from other parts of electric equipment, the clearance distances specified in 1910.333(c) and the corresponding voltages to which the qualified person will be exposed.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1):   Live parts to which an employee was exposed were not deenergized before the employee worked on or near them.    Hotel Front and Back of the House Engineering:  Employees were exposed to live electrical parts while installing and removing defective circuit breakers and switches, installing new circuits and temporary panels, motor control units and other electrical devices that were not deenergized of voltages up to 220.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.333(c)(2):   The employer did not ensure that only qualified persons were working on energized circuits and that qualified persons were familiar with the proper use of special precautionary techniques, personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials, and insulated tools before the employee worked on or near them.    Hotel Front and Back of the House Engineering:  The employer did not have qualified person troubleshooting, replacing and working energized live parts.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):   Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii). 29 CFR 1910.1200(e).    Housekeeping and Maintenance  The employer failed to develop a complete list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and, the methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks in their work areas.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

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 used in the workplace.    Housekeeping and Maintenance:  The employer failed to obtain a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical used in the workplace.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 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.    Housekeeping and Maintenance:  The employer failed to provide effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area where material safety sheets were not obtained.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

Apr 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i):   Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible.    Housekeeping, Laundry and Maintenance:  The employer did not provide employees with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 for employees using and wearing N95 filtering-facepiece respirators.

Issued

Apr 8, 2013

Abate by

May 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv):   The employer did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer signed the statement in appendix A.    Housekeeping:  The employer failed to have housekeeping employees that have the potential for occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials that were offered and declined the hepatitis B vaccination sign a statement declining the offer for vaccination.