OSHA Inspection: WASTE SOLUTIONS INC

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $1190.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph.  Shop: Not all workers operating a forklift received initial and the three year evaluation.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $893.00 Reduced

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:   Shop: Not all workers had not received hazard commumication information and training where a variety of automotive and truck cleaning chemicals were used.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  Paint Room: A fire extinguisher was not mounted.

Issued

2013-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:  Shop:   a) The drum of Brushless Truck Washer had a deteriorated label.  b) The drum of diesel oil was not labeled with a health hazard warning.