OSHA Inspection: DFW KING OF GREEN

Issued

2013-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:    (a) On or about 9/5/2013, on the east side of the building, the circuits in the electrical panel box were not marked indicating their purpose, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2013-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  (a)  On or about 9/5/2013, on the east wall of the shop building, the electrical panel did not have a dead front cover, exposing employees to electrical shock hazards when operating breakers for the overhead lights.

Issued

2013-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:     (a)  On or about 9/5/2013, on the east wall of the shop building, a flexible cord was used as fixed wiring in the electrical panel box instead of approved wiring, exposing employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

2013-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:    (a)  On or about 9/5/2013, at the shop building, the employer did not have a written hazard assessment of workplace hazards, exposing employees to hazards associated with chemicals used in the workplace.

Issued

2013-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:   (a)  On or about 9/5/2013, in the shop building, the employer did not provide the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 to employees who were exposed to chemicals, such as, but not limited to, citric acid.  The employees were exposed to respiratory illnesses.