OSHA Inspection: INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

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

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):    This violation was discovered on April 10, 2013, where forklift operators did not receive forklift certification by the employer prior to operating materials handling equipment.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,575 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:    This violation occurred on April 10, 2013 at International Distributors Inc. warehouse; where the workers were expected to use fire extinguishers in the event of a fire and were not trained on the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,575 Reduced

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:  This violation was discovered on April 10, 2013, where a written hazard communication program was not developed for hazardous materials employees used such as but not limited to paint, paint solvents,  air conditioning refrigerants, gasoline and petroleum oil.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not comply a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet:   This violation was discovered on April 10, 2013, where a complete list was not developed for the hazardous materials employees used in the workplace such as but not limited to paint, paint solvents, air conditioning refrigerants, gasoline and petroleum oil.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 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 use:  This violation was discovered on April 10, 2013, where material safety data sheets were not readily available for hazardous materials employees used in the workplace such as but not limited to paint, paint solvents, air conditioning refrigerants, gasoline and petroleum oil.

Issued

Jul 3, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 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:  This violation was discovered on April 10, 2013, where information and training was not provided to employees on the hazardous materials used in the workplace such as but not limited to paint, paint solvents, air conditioning refrigerants, gasoline and petroleum oil.