OSHA Inspection: ATLANTIC PLYWOOD CORPORATION

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,577 · Current $2,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not free and/or unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp were not provided where the exit route was not substantially level:    (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:    On or about 1/14/2014, an inside flammable storage room exit was blocked from the inside by a stack of empty pallets and empty cardboard boxes.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,208 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ii)(b)(2): The quantity of Category 2, 3, or 4 flammable liquid located outside of an inside storage room or storage cabinet in a building or in any one fire area of a building exceeded 120 gallons:    (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:    On or about 1/14/2014, fifty-five gallon metal drums containing xylene, a Category 3 flammable liquid, and five gallon metal containers container lacquer thinner, a Category 2 flammable liquid, were allowed to accumulate in excess of 120 gallons in one area outside of the employer's inside storage room.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,208 · 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 powered industrial truck:    (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:    On or about 1/14/2014, an employee who had not received forklift training from the employer was permitted to operate a forklift for purposes other than training.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,366 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(2): Employee(s) stood under or passed under the elevated portion of a powered industrial truck(s):    (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:    On or about 1/14/2014, employees reached under the live load of a forklift to band plywood.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i): When a powered industrial truck is left unattended, load engaging means were not fully lowered, controls were not neutralized, power was not shut off, and brakes set:  (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:  On or about 1/14/2014, forklift operators in the warehouse left their lifts unattended without fully lowering load engaging means and shutting off the power.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,208 · Current $2,100 Reduced

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:    (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:    On or about 1/14/2014, employees who operate forklifts in proximity to fifty-five gallon drums of xylene and five gallon containers of lacquer thinner within the facility were not provided hazard communication training.    (b) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA;    On or about 1/14/2014, employees assigned to mix lacquers were not provided hazard communication training.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Abate by

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:  On or about 1/14/2014, the employer has not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program detailing how the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met.

Issued

Feb 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,146 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:    (a) Location - 8 Roessler Road, Woburn, MA:    On or about 1/14/2014, access to a mounted portable fire extinguisher was blocked by plywood in storage.