OSHA Inspection: GARDEN ISLE DISPOSAL, INCORPORATED

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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.     Maintenance shop, Welding Shop and Baler Building for Recyclables:  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 perform torch cutting and welding of metals  Employees use and handle hazardous chemicals   Handling of recycled materials including glass and aluminum

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Apr 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 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.     Maintenance and Welding Shops:  The employer did not 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;   Procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for atmosphere-supplying 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

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2):   Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly.    Maintenance Shop, Welding, Shop, Baler Area:  The employer failed to perform a monthly inspection of fire extinguishers throughout the establishment.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 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.    Maintenance Shop, Welding, Shop, Baler Area:  The employer failed to train employees in the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage firefighting, the identification of types of fires.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

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 rest is not adjusted to within one eighth inch of the wheel.    Right tool rest is five sixteenths of an inch from the wheel.  Also shows signs side wheel grinding

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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  Tongue guard is not adjusted within one quarter inch of the wheel.    One inch from wheel.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1):   Abrasive wheel(s) were used on portable grinder(s) which were not provided with safety guard(s) meeting the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1) through (c)(4)(a).     Maintenance and Welding Shops:  The employees are exposed to flying debris and sparks while using a portable electric hand grinder to grind various metals without a safety guard.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii):   Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.    Maintenance Shop Inside and Outside Building:  Oxygen cylinders and propylene were in storage on a portable cart, and oxygen cylinders and propane cylinders were storage in a pallet rack just outside the building.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2):     Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling.     Shops  A homemade extension cord had a 1900 metal box that was not listed and labeled for temporary wiring.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5):   The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent, continuous, and effective.    Paint Shop:  The ground pin was missing from the electric paint mixer exposing employees to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i):   Conductors entering cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not protected from abrasions.     Welding Shop:  The employees are exposed to electrical shock hazards from a welding power cord where the outer casing pulled away from  the welder body housing, exposing live conductor wires.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii):   Flexible cords and cables shall be connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided that will prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.    Welding Shop:  The employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards from a welding power cord where the outer casing pulled away from the plug end, exposing live conductor wires.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,000 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).    Maintenance and Welding Shop:  The employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i), a complete list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present at the establishment and use a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):   Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.    Maintenance and Welding Shop:  The employer failed to obtain a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical used in the workplace.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 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.    Maintenance and Welding Shop:  The employer failed to provide effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area where safety data sheets were not obtained.

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 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:    Maintenance, Paint, Welding Shops, and Baler Warehouse:  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

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Apr 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6):   The employer did not ensure that all nameplates and markings were in place.    Baling Area for Recyclables:  The nameplate showing lifting capacity of the powered industrial truck was missing.  Cat P5000

Issued

Mar 6, 2013

Abate by

Mar 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2):     Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident.     Maintenance Shops:  Circuit breakers in multiple panels we not marked to indicate what circuits they controlled and turned off.  Panel 2A