OSHA Inspection: NORTH GATEWAY TIRE COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:    A: On and before 4/2/14, tires were stored on the Interlake IB-162B racking system, and it was dented and/or bent in areas including, but not limited to, A09L, A09R04A, and A09R08A.    B: On and before 4/2/14, tires that were stacked against the back wall were falling into the isle ways.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l): Operators were not trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks:    On and before 4/2/14, the employer did not provide a training program to employees, in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks including, but not limited to the Crown SP3020-30.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition:    On and before 4/2/14, the employer did not take the defective Crown SP3020-30 out of service when it was found that the hydraulics would drop the load at an accelerated rate and come to a stop abruptly.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:  On and before 4/2/14, the employer did not examine/inspect the Powered industrial vehicles, including but not limited to the Crown SP3020-30 (Picker 6), before placing them into service.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(4): The employer did not post an OSHA 300A Form or equivalent:    At the time of inspection, the employer failed to post the annual summary of work related injuries and illnesses.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(a): The employer did not establish a written emergency evacuation plan for employees expected to evacuate in the event of a fire or other emergency.    At the time of inspection, the employer did not establish an emergency evacuation plan when the employees are expected to evacuate the facility in the event of a fire.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    At the time of inspection, the employer did not have material safety data sheets for chemicals including, but not limited to, Seafoam, Peak Antifreeze and coolant, and Carquest Power steering fluid.

Issued

2014-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, did not include an explanation of the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:  At the time of inspection, the employer did not train employees that are potentially exposed to hazardous chemicals on the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) label elements and the new format and types of information on each section of the Safety Data Sheets (SDS).