OSHA Inspection: LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    South Facility Entrance - On, or about, June 2, 2015, the emergency exit doors were obstructed by a mobile partition.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    Welding Department - On, or about June, 2, 2015, the employer failed to evaluate the workplace and determine if any spaces, including, but not limited to the Robovent Dust Collector, were a permit-required confined space.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:     Welding Department - On, or about June, 2, 2015, the employer failed to establish an energy control program that included employee training, detailed lockout and, or tag out instructions and periodic inspections for employees that serviced the multi-energy source Robovent Dust Collector.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:    Welding Department - On, or about, June 2, 2015, a portable fire extinguisher was sitting on the ground and not mounted, located and identified for ready access.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:     Welding Department - On, or about, June 2, 2015, employees were not provided training on the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards associated with incipient stage fire fighting.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $13,500 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(4): Safeguard(s) designed to protect employees during an emergency (e.g., sprinkler systems, alarm systems, fire doors, exit lighting), were not in proper working order at all times:    Facility South Entrance - On, or about, June 2, 2015, the self closing device on the emergency exit door was broken.    The Lincoln Technical Institute was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 654938, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 16, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 97 Newberry Road, East Windsor, Connecticut, 06088.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Sep 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:    Welding Department - On, or about, June 2, 2015, employees were not trained on the health hazards of hexavalent chromium, generated while welding stainless steel automotive parts.