OSHA Inspection: S & M FISHERIES

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(1): Every stairway floor opening was not guarded by a standard railing constructed in accordance with paragraph (e) of this section on all exposed sides (except at the entrance to the stairway):   Shop - The stairway opening at the top of the mezzanine was not guarded on the sides adjacent to the stairs.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.24(h): Standard railings were not provided on the open sides of all exposed stairways and stair platforms:   Shop - The stairs going from the ground floor to the overhead storage or mezzanine area did not have a railing on both of the open sides.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:   Shop - The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if any spaces were confined spaces, such as the filter beds which are entered on a semi-annual basis.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:   Shop - The employer had not developed nor implemented a written permit space entry program for  those employees entering into the filter beds, a permit required confined space.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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 energizing, 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:   At the Facility - The employer had not developed nor implemented an energy control program.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:   At the Facility - There were no eyewash statioins available for emergency use where employees were exposed to a degreaser, a corrosive material.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  At the Facility - The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for Chemex Cleaner 611, a corrosive material.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:   At the facility - The employer had not evaluated the powered industrial truck operator's performance since he started working for the company in 2004.

Issued

Jun 26, 2013

Abate by

Jul 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  At the Faciity - The employer did not certify that each operator of a powered industrial vehicle had been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph.