OSHA Inspection: BLACK GUNITE, INC.

Issued

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.  a) At the production shop - Employees were working and walking through passageways that had been obstructed by concrete framing equipment, broken concrete, and other miscellaneous items, which created delay in egress and/or slip/trips/fall hazards in the event of an emergency.  Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1): Standard railing(s) did not consist of top rail, intermediate rail and/or posts and/or did not have a vertical height of 42 inches (106.7 cm) nominal from upper surface of top rail to floor, platform runway, or ramp level:  a) At the production shop - Employees were walking on a platform leading to a material storage area, approximately 10 feet above the lower concrete surface, where sections of the intermediate rail had been missing exposing employees to fall from elevation hazards.  Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 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(s):  a)  At the production shop - Employees were operating a "Caterpillar" (Model: V140, S/N: 13V00655, Type D) industrial fork truck that had been missing a slip resistant grip on the brake pedal, exposing employees to possible struck against and/or thrown from hazards in the event the employee is unable to stop the fork truck.  Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(iii)(d): Pendant control stations were not kept clean, and/or their function labels were not kept legible:  a) At the production shop - Employees were using a pendant control to operate a "Yale" 3-Ton overhead crane for moving cement, concrete forms, and other heavy industrial material, and the pendant control was not legible, exposing employees to struck-by or caught in/between hazards in the event the employee were to operate the controls incorrectly.  Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:  a)  At the production shop - Employees were working and walking near an oxygen cylinder that was stored side-by-side with an acetylene gas cylinder, exposing employees to accelerated fire hazards.  Abatement certification is required for this item.