OSHA Inspection: KOSTELAC GREASE SERVICES INC

Issued

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(c): Covers and/or guardrails were not provided to protect personnel from the hazards of open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, etc:       Instances A:       Employees are exposed to an approximately 4 foot long by 3 foot wide pit which a standard guardrail was not present on the north side of it.         Instance B:       Employees are exposed to ingoing nip points of a screw conveyor and the approximately 4 foot long by 1 foot 6 inch wide ditch which the conveyor was in was missing a mid rail and toe board on two sides of it.

Issued

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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:      Employees are exposed to possible electrical shock and burns due to a rigid nonmetallic conduit supplying electrical service to a can washing machine was equipped so as to prevent water from entering the conduit.    This was not in compliance with Article 352.10(D) of the National Electrical Code.

Issued

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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:       Employees were working with chemicals such as de-greaser and 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

Issued

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift:    Employees were working with chemicals such as soda ash and the employer did not have a material safety data sheets readily accessible for all of the chemicals used by employees.

Issued

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 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 as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and (2) on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into their work area:                                Employees were working with chemicals such as soda ash and the employer had not provided effective information and training specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and (2).

Issued

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 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 emerging, 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:       Employees are exposed to possible ingoing-nip point hazards while conducting work on screw jacks, and the employer did not develop a hazard energy control program for employees who were servicing a gear box.