OSHA Inspection: MCLEOD EXPRESS, LLC

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3):     The employer did not ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wore eye protection that incorporated the prescription in its design, or wore eye protection that could be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses:    An employee was exposed to eye injuries while performing service and maintenance activities on the trucks and was not provided appropriate eye protection.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

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:    An employee working in the Wash Bay was exposed to eye and skin injuries while working around and with hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to, Aluminum Clean and Bright, and an emergency eyewash and shower were not immediately adjacent to the hazard.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $700 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:     The employer had not provided training to each operator on the safe operation of the Caterpillar 50 Forklift.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):   The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):   The employer did not certify that each operator of the powered industrial truck had been trained and evaluated in the safe operation of the Caterpillar 50 Forklift.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5):     Fan blade guard(s) were not provided where the periphery of the blades was less than seven feet from the floor or working level:     An employee, working in the Truck Shop, was exposed to amputation hazards because the fan blades on the homemade fan was less than seven feet off the floor and was not guarded.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1):   Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):   An employee, working in the Truck Shop, was exposed to amputation hazards because the pulley located on the homemade fan, was less than seven feet off the floor and was not adequately guarded.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(4):   Vertical belts running over a lower pulley more than seven (7) feet above floor or platform shall be guarded at the bottom in the same manner as horizontal overhead belts, if conditions are as stated in paragraphs (e)(2)(ii) (a) and (c) of this section:  An employee, working in the Truck Bay, was exposed to amputation hazards because the belt located in the homemade fan, was less than seven feet off the floor and was not adequately enclosed.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2):     Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:     Employees working in the Truck Shop were exposed to electrical hazards:     a.    a 6-outlet wall mount surge protector was lying unsecured on the floor in Bay 3 East and was not being used for its intended purpose.      b.    a relocatable power tap located in Bay 3 East was plugged into a 6-outlet wall mount surge protector which was plugged into an extension cord which was plugged into the wall outlet.  The relocatable power tap and the 6-outlet wall mount surge protector were not being used for their intended purpose.     c.    the water cooler and the vending machine located in the Vending Area located in Bay 1 West were plugged in to a relocatable power tap which was daisy chained into another relocatable power tap which was plugged into the wall outlet.  The relocatable power taps were not being used for their intended purpose.      d.    a refrigerator located in the Center of Bay 1 was plugged into an extension cord which was plugged into a relocatable power tap.  The relocatable power tap was not being used for its intended purpose.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5):   The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent, continuous, and effective:   Employees were exposed to electrical hazards because the water cooler and the vending machine located in the Vending Area Bay 1 West were plugged into a relocatable power tap which was daisy chained into another relocatable power tap that did not possess the necessary ground prong.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A):   Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:   Employees working in the Truck Shop were exposed to electrical hazards:   a.  a 6-outlet wall mount surge protector was lying unsecured on the floor in Bay 3 East and was being used for a substitute of fixed wiring of the structure.     b.  a relocatable power tap located in Bay 3 East was plugged into a 6-outlet wall mount surge protector which was plugged into an extension cord which was plugged into the wall outlet.  The relocatable power tap and the 6-outlet wall mount surge protector were being used foe a substitute of fixed wiring of the structure.   c.  the water cooler and the vending machine located in the Vending Area located in Bay 1 West were plugged into a relocatable power tap which was daisy chained into another relocatable power tap which was plugged into the wall outlet.  The relocatable power taps were being used for a substitute of fixed wiring of a structure.     d.  a refrigerator located in the Center of Bay 1 was plugged into an extension cord which was plugged into an outlet.  The extension cord was being used as a substitute of fixed wiring of the structure.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(B):   Flexible cords and cables were run through holes in walls, ceilings or floors:  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards because an electrical cord was run through the wall of the storage room located in the Truck Shop to the refrigerator located in the Center of Bay 1.

Issued

Sep 9, 2014

Abate by

Sep 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i):     Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(i) through 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(v):     An employee working in the Truck Shop in Bay 3 East was exposed to hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to washer fluid, and the contents were not marked with the appropriate chemicals identity and hazard warning.