OSHA Inspection: TIRE SHREDDERS UNLIMITED

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d):      In every building or other structure, or parts thereof, used for merchantile, business, industrial, or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official were not marked on plates of approved design:    a/  Inside of the main processing area, the maximum safe load limit for the storage loft was not placarded or recorded by any other means.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1):     Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:  Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    a/  Inside of the main processing area, the approximate 40-foot wide storage loft located above the office complex was unguarded.  The fall distance to the concrete floor below was approximately nine feet.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(2):     Stair rails did not consist of a top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts, with the vertical height not more than 34 inches (86.36 cm) nor less than 30 inches (76.2 cm) from upper surface of top rail to surface of tread in line with the face of the riser at the forward edge of the tread:    a/  Inside of the main processing area, a wooden flight of stairs leading up to the storage loft consisted of 13 risers.  The wooden stair rail was missing an intermediate rail.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii):     The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace:    a/  Adjacent to the welding/grinding room, operators of the Heli Fork Truck, m/n FG60, s/n 34610, were not provided with formal instruction and an evaluation.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):     The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    a/  Adjacent to the welding/grinding room, operators of the Heli Fork Truck, m/n FG60, s/n 34610, were not certified.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1):     Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s)(a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC OPERATION(S) AND/OR CONDITIONS)(DESCRIBE HAZARD(S) WHERE NECESSARY)    a/  Adjacent to the welding/grinding room, the horn belonging of the Heli Fork Truck, m/n FG60, s/n 34610, was not operational.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii):     Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    a/  Inside of the welding/grinding room, the point-of-operation (P.O.O) belonging to the Blandard Horizontal Grinder, m/n 22D42, s/n 15-11-141, was inadequately guarded.  The access door leading to the P.O.O. was not equipped with an interlock device or the equivalent.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 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 30 minutes:    a/  Inside of the main processing area, specifically near the west, pedestrian exit, one cylinder of oxygen was co-stored with a cylinder of acetylene.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $840.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers did not 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, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:    a/  A written hazard communication program describing proper container labeling (f) how safety data sheets (g) will be managed, or how employee training (h) will be performed was not developed or implemented.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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/  The employer did not develop a list of all hazardous materials used in the workplace.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):     The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    a/  Copies of the safety data sheets for hazardous materials such as grease, hydraulic fluids, lubricants, and motor oil were not maintained in the workplace.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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/  Employees were not provided training in the hazardous materials (HAZMAT) that they work with, either during their initial time of employment or whenever a new HAZMAT is introduced in the workplace.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):     The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:    a/  The workplace hazardous assessment was not certified.

Issued

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    a/  A written lockout/tagout program was not developed in writing for employees.  Employees service the Blanchard Horizontal Grinder, m/n 22D42, s/n 15-11-141.