OSHA Inspection: DIAMOND HURWITZ SCRAP, LLC.

Issued

2014-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards: Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    a) On or about 03/06/14 at the draining shed; employer failed to protect employees working on the draining station platform, from a six foot fall, while draining fluids from scrap vehicles, when the front and back areas on the west side of the platform did not have guardrails.        b) On or about 03/06/14 at the draining shed; employer failed to protect employees working on the draining station platform, from a six foot fall, when the mid rail of a section of guardrail on the east side of the platform was bent and not attached to the stanchion.      No Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.26(c)(1): Good safe practices in the use of ladder equipment were not employed by the users to get maximum safety:    a) On or about 03/06/14 at the logger baler; employer failed to protect employees from fall hazards when they allowed a seven foot cut off portion of an extension ladder to be used to access the engine section of the baler.     No Abatement Certification Required

Issued

2014-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2625.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  a) On or about 04/01/14 at the Logger Bailer; employer failed to required employee(s) to attached a lock or tag to the energy isolation device prior to performing service and maintenance work on this equipment, such as but not limited to, cleaning the area behind the rams, exposing them to unexpected start-up of this equipment.    Abatement Certification Required