OSHA Inspection: STEAK N SHAKE OPERATIONS, INC

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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.    Employees sprayed and scrubbed the kitchen hood and the warm grill with "Surety Quickline Grill and Oven" cleaner while wearing short polyethylene gloves and no eye protection and the employer did not provide an effective training for employees to be able to demonstrate an understanding of at least the following:  (a) When personal protective equipment is necessary;  (b) What personal protective equipment is necessary;  (c) How to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE;  (d)The limitations of the personal protective equipment; and,  (e)The proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal of the personal protective equipment.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.     Employees were exposed to eye or face contact with chemicals, such as when spraying and scrubbing the kitchen hood and the warm grill with "Surety Quickline Grill and Oven", and the employer did not provide suitable eye protection.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.     Employees were exposed to hand contact with hazardous chemicals, such as when spraying and scrubbing the kitchen hood and the warm grill with "Surety Quickline Grill and Oven", and the employer did not provide suitable hand protection.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(b): In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace a person or persons were not adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies were not readily available.    (a) Employees were exposed to minor burns, cuts and lacerations and the first aid kit supplied by the employer did not contain minimum basic items for treatment such as, but not limited to: an absorbent compress, adhesive bandages, adhesive tape, antiseptic, burn treatment applications, sterile pads and a triangular bandage, as described by ANSI Z308.1.   (b) Employees were exposed to minor burns, cuts and lacerations and the employer did not ensure a person at the workplace was trained to render first aid.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.     Employees were exposed to eye injury while handling and using corrosive chemicals and a suitable facility that would provide a continuous controlled flow of water to both eyes simultaneously was not provided.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 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.    Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Surety Quickline Grill and Oven, Microtech Lime-out and Microtech All-purpose cleaner/degreaser, and the employer did not provide the employees with a hazard communication training that included at least the following:  -Information on:  a. the requirements of this section,  b. any operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present, and  c. the location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and safety data sheets.  -Training on:  a. methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in their work area,  b. the physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area;   c. the measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, and   d. the details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including the labeling system, safety data sheets and how employees can obtain and use appropriate hazard information.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Apr 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $200 · Current $200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not maintained free and unobstructed. Materials or equipment were placed either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route.   Exit routes were obstructed by trash cans, leaving only 16 and 22 inches of clearance in the exit passageway from the kitchen area to the back exit.  The Steak n Shake Operations, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 941716, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/19/2013, with respect to a workplace location at 6070 Gurnee Mills Circle E, in Gurnee, Illinois.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

Jul 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    The employer did not complete a written certification of workplace personal protective equipment hazard assessment for tasks performed by employees such as, but not limited to, cleaning the kitchen grill and food preparation that included the name of the person who certified that the evaluation had been performed, and the date that the hazard assessment was completed.