OSHA Inspection: BLUE MOUNTAIN RECYCLING, LLC

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Feb 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toe board.    a) Jobsite: Plastic Sorting Station #416 - Employees were conducting recycling activities from a platform that was missing a midrail. The platform was located next to a moving conveyor, on about 8/22/14.

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Feb 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.27(b)(1)(ii): The distance between rungs exceeded 12 inches and were not uniform throughout the ladder:    a) Jobsite: Plastic Sorting Station #416 - Employees who conduct recycling activities access the work station from a fixed ladder with rungs that exceeded 12 inches and were not uniform, on or about 8/22/14.

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Jun 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The employer did not select and have each affected employee use the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment:    a) Jobsite: #3 Sort Station - The employer did not select the appropriate personal protective equipment to protect employees from cuts and/or amputation hazards while sorting recycled materials, observed on or about 8/22/15.

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Feb 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Shaft ends projecting more than one-half the diameter of the shaft were not guarded by nonrotating caps or safety sleeves.    a) Jobsite: Sort Station #3 conveyor - The unprotected and exposed shaft rotating approximately 3 to 4 feet from the ground was not enclosed thus exposing employees to entanglement and amputation hazards, on or about 8/22/14.

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Feb 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

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.    a) Jobsite: Aluminum Sorting Station - The flexible cord providing power to the water cooler was used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure exposing employees to electrical and fire hazards, on or about 8/22/14.

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Feb 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    a) Jobsite: Final Sort Station - The employer did not install and use the flexible cord in accordance with the instructions included in the listing or labeling, on or about 8/22/14.

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Feb 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1): Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    a) Jobsite: Staircase leading to Plastic Sorting Station #416 - A broken ground prong was found inside an outlet exposing the employees to electrical hazards, on or about 8/22/14.