ALGONQUIN, IL ·
OSHA Inspection: AVALANCHE ENTERPRISES OF KANE COUNTY, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of AVALANCHE ENTERPRISES OF KANE COUNTY, INC. in 19 N 475 ROUTE 31, ALGONQUIN, IL 60102 (NAICS 713920). OSHA activity number 339607723.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- AVALANCHE ENTERPRISES OF KANE COUNTY, INC.
- Site address
- 19 N 475 ROUTE 31
- City
- ALGONQUIN
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60102
- Mailing
- 3 GOLF CENTER SUITE 220, HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL 60169
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 713920
- Employees
- 72
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C01
- Issued
- May 29, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 3, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces: Southwest, beginner's hill, Boardwalk conveyor lift and box steel frame underground pit: on March 2, 2014, employees were exposed to numerous pinch points' caught-in hazards during pit cleaning operation because employer did not perform an evaluation of the workplace to recognize magic carpet's pit as the permit space, requiring applicable safeguards against recognized hazards. Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $4900
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- May 29, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 3, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $2,450
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces: Southwest, beginner's hill, Boardwalk conveyor lift and box steel frame underground pit: on March 2, 2014, signage was not posted to warn employees of the permit required confined space. Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d). NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2450
- · Z (S) $0
1910.146 C04
- Issued
- May 29, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 3, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,475 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146: Southwest, beginner's hill, Boardwalk conveyor lift and box steel frame underground pit: on March 2, 2014, employees were exposed to numerous pinch points' caught-in hazards during pit cleaning operation because employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program to protect employees against recognized permit space hazards. Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2475
- · Z (S) $4900
1910.147 C04 II
- Issued
- May 29, 2014
- Abate by
- Jul 3, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative: Southwest, beginner's hill, Boardwalk conveyor lift and box steel frame underground pit: on March 2, 2014, employees were exposed to numerous pinch points' caught in hazards during pit cleaning due to employers existing energy control procedure was not adequate. Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2450
- · Z (S) $4900
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339607723.
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