OSHA Inspection: LITTLE RIVER POWER EQUIPMENT, INC

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i): Containers in storage were not located in an area that minimized exposure to excessive temperature rise, physical damage, or tampering from unauthorized persons:    ESTABLISHMENT:  Numerous propane tanks were stored in an unstable and unsecure manner and subjected to physical damage.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    ESTABLISHMENT:  The employees performing the following tasks were not wearing appropriate personal protective equipment.    1. Employees operating a Husqvarna chainsaw to cut wooden pallets or crates, were not wearing cut-resistant leg protection.    2. Employees filling propane tanks were not wearing protective gloves.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:  ESTABLISHMENT:  The employees operating Husqvarna 240 chainsaw to cut wooden pallets or crates were not wearing eye protection.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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):    ESTABLISHMENT:  The employer had not conducted the Workplace Hazard Assessment to determine the necessity and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment:  ESTABLISHMENT:  The employees, required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) were not trained in the Workplace Hazard Assessment pertaining to the use and maintenance of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:    ESTABLISHMENT:  The work rest of the Baldor grinder was adjusted more than one eighth of an inch from the grinding wheel.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:  ESTABLISHMENT:  The peripheral member at the top of the Baldor grinder was more than one fourth of an inch from the grinding wheel periphery.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(vi)(C): Cutting or welding was permitted in the presence of explosive atmospheres (mixture of flammable gases, vapors, liquids, or dusts with air), or explosive atmospheres that could develop inside uncleaned or improperly prepared tanks or equipment which had previously contained such materials, or that could develop in areas with an accumulation of combustible dusts:      ESTABLISHMENT:  Welding processes were performed by employees in an area where a 35 gallon waste fuel metal drum was stored.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(c)(1)(iii): Local exhaust or general ventilating systems were not provided and arranged to keep the amount of toxic fumes, gases, or dusts below the maximum allowable concentration as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1000:    ESTABLISHMENT:  Local exhaust and/or general ventilation systems were not provided and arranged in the area where empoyees were performing Mig and/or oxygen/fuel gas welding and cutting operations.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii): Inside of buildings, cylinders were not stored in a well-protected, well-ventilated, dry location, at least 20 feet (6.1 m) from highly combustible materials such as oil or excelsior:    ESTABLISHMENT:  A compressed oxygen gas cylinder was stored next to oxygen and acetylene cylinders on a cart which had the valves hooked up.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 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:    ESTABLISHMENT:  The employer had not developed and implemented a written Hazard Communication program where employees were required to work with and handle chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)  ESTABLISHMENT:  The employer did not maintain Material Safety Data sheets for chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane.

Issued

Feb 18, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h): Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and (2) on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into the workplace:  ESTABLISHMENT:  The employer did not provide training and information on Hazard Communication program to employees were required to work with and handle chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane.