OSHA Inspection: CLOSEOUT SOLUTIONS

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    a) Outside by loading dock: Employee wihtout any means of fall portection was working from the top edge of a dumpster being exposed to a fall of approximately six feet onto an asphalt driveway, on or about 08/08/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Abate by

Dec 29, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employees must be able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:   a) Second floor by overhead door: Employees were not able to open an Exit door that had no handle, on or about 08/08/2013.  b) Interior Stairway by Gym: Employees were not able to open an Exit door that was locked from the outside, on or about 08/08/2013.  c) Interior Stairway by Gym: Employees were not able to open chain link gate that was locked with a chain and lock, on or about 08/08/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points.  a) Center of warehouse , first floor: Exit route was blocked with pallets of boxes, on or about 8/8/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:   a) Warehouse door next to loading dock, first floor: Exit route was blocked with a pallet of cardboard boxes, on or about 8/8/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Abate by

Dec 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":    a) Interior Stairway connecting Gym to second floor: Exit door was not marked as an Exit, on or about 08/08/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Abate by

Jan 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.39(b): A fire prevention was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and made available to employees for review:    a) Warehouse: Employer did not have a written evacuation program, on or about 08/08/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4): Industrial truck driver(s) were not required to travel with the load trailing whenever the load obstructed forward view:  a) Warehouse: Employee operating a powerd industrial truck with view obsturcted by a two pallet high load was dirving forward, on or about 08/08/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Abate by

Jan 16, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings shall be effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.     a) Bakery Area: Electric panel had uncovered opening, on or about 8/8/2013.  b) Second floor level by Electronics: Electric panel had uncovered opening, on or about 8/8/2013.

Issued

Dec 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:   a) BakeryAarea first floor: Electric panel was blocked by stored materials, on or about 8/8/2013.  b) Behind exit door to loading dock Area: Electric panel was blocked by stored materials, on or about 8/8/2013.