OSHA Inspection: PN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Issued

2013-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route.    Back exit door; the exit route door was obstructed with an air compressor that blocked the door access, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2013-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $610.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(b)(1)(i): Potable water was not provided in all places of employment, for drinking, washing of the person, cooking, washing of foods, washing of cooking or eating utensils, washing of food preparation or processing premises, and personal service rooms.    At the facility; the employer did not provide employees with an adequate amount of potable drinking water.

Issued

2013-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling, convenient to the lavatories, were not provided.    At the facility; the employer did not provide employees with hand towels for drying their hands after using the restroom, exposing employees to contact hazards.

Issued

2013-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training were not met.    Dry Clean and presser areas; the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program to include hazard communication training for chemicals used such as but not limited Ecosol dry cleaning solvent, exposing employees to inhalation/contact hazards.