OSHA Inspection: ALBANY POOL REBUILDERS INC.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Sep 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,800 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:  a)  Job site at 353 Usher's Road, Ballston Lake, NY 12019 - On or about May 6, 2015, the employer did not have a energy control procedure in place to ensure that the unexpected energizing and release of stored energy would not occur and cause injury to an employee.  Specifically, there was not program to make sure a pipe that was used to convey propane to a pool heater that was opened was returned to its original state prior to a propane delivery by another company.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Sep 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  a) Jobsite at 353 Usher's Road,  Ballston Lake, NY 12019 -  On or about May 6, 2015, a propane gas line that was opened by this employer was not returned to it's original condition and was also not tagged out to warn employees of any other business of the possible hazard that the propane gas line might not be intact.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Sep 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer did not 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, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:    a) Jobsite at 353 Usher Road, Ballston Lake, NY 12019 and other pool locations - On and about May 6, 2015, the employer had not developed a hazardous communication program for working with hazardous chemicals such as chlorine or provided a hazard communication program for his employees.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Sep 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a) Jobsite at 353 Ushers Road, Ballston Lake, NY 12019 and other pool worksites - On or about May 6, 2015,  employees were not provided training concerning working or being exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, chlorine.