OSHA Inspection: SHARED TEXTILE SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1575.00 · Current $1181.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(C): All other employees whose work operations are or may be in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized, were not instructed about the procedure, and about the prohibition relating to attempts to restart or reenergize machines or equipment which are locked out or tagged out.  (a) On or about 06/21/2013, at establishment, review of employer's Energy Control Program (LOTO) indicated only "authorized" and "affected" employees are being trained on the LOTO program. "Other" employees whose job requires them to work in an area where LOTO procedures are being performed are not specified to receive hazard awareness training for the procedure.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1575.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be 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:  (a) On or about 06/21/2013, in Soil Department where corrosive cleaning chemicals are stored in bulk containers and metered into laundry equipment, an Eyesaline Wall Station, containing a maximum volume of one quart of eyewash solution was mounted for emergency use. Corrosive chemicals stored and dispensed from this area included Diamond White-PAA (peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid), in addition to other cleaning agents that included sodium hydroxide, phosphoric acid, and bleach solution.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(2)(i): Container for contaminated sharps was not easily accessible to personnel and located as close as is feasible to the immediate area where sharps are used or can be reasonably anticipated to be found:  (a) On or about 06/21/2013, in soil room of laundry where dirty laundry from nursing homes and hospitals are processed, sharps container was located on the wall on a ledge approximately 6 feet high, behind electrical conduit. Location of sharps container was not easily accessible as personnel had to climb around machinery first to get to the container.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1575.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area:  (a) On or about 07/29/2013, at establishments chemical storage/dispensing area adjacent to Soil Department, for maintenance employees who perform work on chemical metering equipment and who maintain chemicals used for laundering. Employees  had not been trained on the hazards of Diamond White-PAA, which contained the hazardous chemicals peroxyacetic acid, acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide. PAA use started in June 2013; employees were not trained on chemical hazards until August 2013.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer determined that any voluntary respirator use is permissible; the employer did not provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"):  (a) On or about 07/29/2013, for maintenance personnel who wear an N95 particulate respirator voluntarily, while spray painting, seting-up laundry chemicals for dispensing into washers and while performing maintenance in the Soil Department.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, was not provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer:  (a) On or about 07/29/2013, for maintenance personnel who wear an N95 particulate respirator voluntarily, while spray painting, setting-up laundry chemicals for dispensing into washers and while performing maintenance in the Soil Department.

Issued

2013-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(c)(4): Snap switches mounted in boxes did not have faceplates installed so as to completely cover the opening and seat against the finished surface:  (a) On or about 07/29/2013, at entrance to boiler room. A wall switch for the lights had an opening in the front for a second switch and was missing several screws for securing the electrical components beneath the faceplace.