OSHA Inspection: MIDPOINT NATIONAL, INC.

Issued

Sep 11, 2015

Abate by

Oct 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $357 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:  Employee(s) walking through aisle way BB on the first floor and aisle D on the 2nd floor mezzanine had pallets of material being stored in the aisle ways, thus exposing employees to caught in between hazards.

Issued

Sep 11, 2015

Abate by

Oct 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toe boards:  Employee(s) retrieving pallets of materials from the unloading / loading area on the second floor mezzanine were exposed to fall hazard of approximately 165 inches due to no fall protection system being used.

Issued

Sep 11, 2015

Abate by

Oct 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $357 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(a): The employer did not establish a written emergency evacuation plan for employees expected to evacuate in the event of a fire or other emergency:  At the establishment a written emergency action plan had not been developed nor implemented to inform employees of the procedures to follow in case of fire or similar emergencies, thus exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

Sep 11, 2015

Abate by

Oct 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,380 · Current $476 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  Employee(s) engaged in forklift operation activities throughout the workplace were exposed to struck-by hazards in that forklift training had not been provided.

Issued

Sep 11, 2015

Abate by

Oct 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $357 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)  Employee(s) operating order picker #5 in the warehouse to load and unload pallets of materials were exposed to struck by hazards due to the windshield glass being cracked.  (b)  Employee(s) operating order picker #12 in the warehouse to load and unload pallets of materials were exposed to struck by hazards due to no operational horn to warn other workers that could inadvertently walk into the path of the order picker.

Issued

Sep 11, 2015

Abate by

Oct 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $595 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures, or by any of the following means identified in sub-paragraphs (A)through (D) of this paragraph:  Employee(s) plugging electrical equipment into a suspended receptacle box from the second floor upper mezzanine ceiling in aisle I were exposed to electrical hazards due to the receptacle box exposing energized wiring.