OSHA Inspection: SALVATION ARMY ADULT REHABILITATION CENTER

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.   Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave, Bridgeport, CT:    The warehouse floor was not kept free from slip, trip, and fall hazards when the metal plates were used to cover the old wooden floors.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(3): Floors, working places, and passageways were not kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose boards.   Location - Second floor sorting room, 1313 Connecticut Ave Bridgeport, CT   There were protruding nails in the wooden support post.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).    Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave. Bridgeport, CT   A workplace hazard assessment was not conducted to determine the hazards present such as but not limited to changing the propane on the powered industrial trucks (PIT).

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base the selection of the appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the task(s) to be performed, conditions present, duration of use.   Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave, Bridgeport, CT:   The leather palm gloves the employee was using to change the propane tank on the powered industrial trucks (PIT) was not appropriated hand protection.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a power industrial truck (PIT).   Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave, Bridgeport, CT  The operators of the Mitsubishi propane power fork lift were not trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Nov 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were being placed in services after the examination showed condition(s) adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle:   Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave, Bridgeport, CT   The operators of the Mitsubishi propane power industrial truck  (PIT) did not conduct daily inspections.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 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.    Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave. Bridgeport, CT.   A hazard communication program was not developed and implemented when employees were required to handle and work with chemicals such as but not limited to propane.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave, Bridgeport, CT:   MSDS's for chemicals such as but not limited to propane were not readily accessible.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 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:   Location - Warehouse, 1313 Connecticut Ave. Bridgeport, CT   Training for the employees required to handle and work with chemicals such as but not limited to propane was not conducted.

Issued

Oct 28, 2013

Abate by

Dec 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(i): The building owner, facility owner, or employer did not determine the presence, location, and quantity of ACM or PACM at the worksite and did not exercise due diligence in complying with these requirements to inform employers and employees about the presence and location of asbestos-containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos containing material (PACM):  Location -  Second floor, 1313 Connecticut Ave, Bridgeport, CT:  There was no asbestos survey conducted in a building that was built prior to 1980.