OSHA Inspection: SINGH & KAUR INC.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.26(c)(3)(iii): The ladder base section of a portable ladder was not placed with a secure footing:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.           Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 7 feet and 6 inches when using the top portion of an extension ladder (missing base plates) to enter the car wash recycling tank.  Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.           The employer did not inform employees entering the car wash water recycling tank of the danger of entering a permit required confined space.  The tank has limited egress, potential electrical hazards, danger of engulfment, and is not designed for human occupancy.    Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.           The employer did not implement a written permit space entry program for employees entering permit spaces, specifically to remove the sludge inside the water recycling tanks, which meets the requirements of a permit required confined space in that it has limited egress, potential for electrical shocks, danger of engulfment and is not designed for human occupancy.    Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including isolating the permit space:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            The employer did not ensure, prior to directing workers to enter the carwash water recycling tank, a permit required confined space, that it was isolated from the electrical current in the tank pump and from carwash waste water flowing into the recyling tank.  The employer failed to attach locks on the electrical disconnect(s) and ball valve(s) for the recycling tank exposing workers to electrical and engulfment hazards.  Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(8): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not designate the persons who were to have active roles in entry operations, such as authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors, or persons who test or monitor the atmosphere in a permit space during entry operation, did not identify the duties of each such employee, and did not train each employee in their designated role:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            The employer did not designate the persons who were to have active roles in entry operations, when the employer directed employees to enter a permit space, specifically to remove sludge from the carwash water recycling tank.  This tank meets the requirements of a permit required confined space in that it has limited egress, potential for electrical hazards, danger of engulfment, and is not designed for human occupancy.   Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry is authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by paragraph (d)(3) of this section by preparing an entry permit:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            The employer did perform the measures nor document the measures required by an entry permit, prior to directing an employee to enter, remove sludge from the carwash water recycling tank.  This tank meets the requirements of a permit required confined space in that it has limited egress, potential for electrical hazards, danger of engulfment and is not designed for human occupancy.    Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.  NOTE: Appendix D to section 1910.146 presents examples of permits whose elements are considered to comply with the requirements of this section.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            The employer did not provide training in confined space entry hazards and procedures, for employees who entered the carwash water recycling tank, which meets the requirements of a permit required confined space in that it has limited egress, potential for electrical hazards, danger of engulfment and is not designed for human occupancy.     Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(i): An employer who designated rescue and emergency services, pursuant to paragraph (d)(9) of this section, did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            The employer did not ensure that rescue services, could respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazards posed by entry into the carwash water recycling tank prior to entry.     Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3): Whenever an authorized entrant entered a permit space to perform rescue services, retrieval systems or methods were not used to facilitated non-entry:  a) Carwash water recycling tank, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            Employer did not ensure that there was a non-entry retrieval system available for a non-entry rescue for employee entrants exposed to hazards such as, but not limited to, limited egress, potential for electrical shocks, and danger of engulfment found in the carwash water recycling tank.     Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

Hazardous substances 0435

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a) Carwash, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for workers using chemicals to include but not limited to Dri & Shine which contains 2-butoxyethanol.     Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0435

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area and chemical-specific information was not always available through labels and material safety data sheets:  a) Carwash, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            Employees working in the Shell Station carwash were not provided training on the hazards of the chemicals they work with including, but not limited to, Dri & Shine which contains 2-butoxyethanol.     Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.

Issued

2014-08-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0435

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59: The employer did not maintain in the worksite copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):  a) Carwash, Sing & Kaur Inc., dba Shell Gas Station, 778 Route 15 N, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849.            Employees working in the Shell Station carwash were not provided material safety data sheets on the hazards of the chemicals they work with including, but not limited to, Dri & Shine which contains 2-butoxyethanol.     Condition observed on or about 4/23/2014.