OSHA Inspection: NORTHSIDE AQUATICS LLC

Issued

2015-02-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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:       On or about October 31, 2014, employees pouring chemicals such as muriatic acid and sodium hypochlorite from one gallon containers into secondary containers were exposed to the hazard of splashing chemicals into their eyes without an emergency eye wash station to immediately flush their eyes with water.

Issued

2015-02-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

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:       On or about October 31, 2014, the employer had not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program for employees working with sodium hypochlorite and muriatic acid.

Issued

2015-02-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    On or about October 31, 2014, the employer had not provided information and training to employees working with chemicals such as but not limited to sodium hypochlorite and muriatic acid.

Issued

2015-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:         On or about October 31, 2014 a breaker box located in the area behind the fish tanks had two unused openings on the lower right side. Employees accessing the breaker box to reset breakers were exposed to the hazards of contacting energized electrical parts.

Issued

2015-02-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that tension would not be transmitted to joints or terminal screws:     On or about October 31, 2014 flexible cords supplying power to electronic ballasts for fluorescent lighting above the tanks were spliced to conductors on the ballast.   Strain relief was not provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

2015-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:    On or about October 31, 2014, breakers inside the breaker box located behind the fish tanks were not marked to indicate the circuit or equipment protected by the breaker.  This condition exposed employees to the hazard of no being able to locate the disconnecting means to equipment such as lights and pumps in the event of an emergency.