OSHA Inspection: GOLD STAR METALEX

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii): Inside of buildings, cylinders were not stored in a well-protected, well-ventilated, dry location, at least 20 feet (6.1 m) from highly combustible materials such as oil or excelsior:    In the shop, compressed flammable gas cylinders were stored near other combustible material indoors exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i): Oxygen cylinders were stored near highly combustible material, especially oil and grease; or near reserve stocks of carbide and acetylene or other fuel-gas cylinders, or near other substance likely to cause or accelerate fire:   In the scrap yard, oxygen gas cylinders were stored near other combustible material exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    At the scrap yard, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program exposing employee to chemical inhalation or dermal hazards.

Issued

May 26, 2015

Abate by

Jun 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer used written materials, such as signs, placards, process sheets, or batch tickets in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers that failed to identify the container(s) to which they were applicable and did not convey the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5):  In the shop, containers with chemical were not labeled or marked with product information exposing employees to chemical inhalation or dermal hazards.