OSHA Inspection: FOWLER FIREARMS AND GUN RANGE L.L.C.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:  a) For the establishment at 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL), as observed on or about 07/16/2015, fire extinguishers had not been maintained annually since 08/07/2012.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

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:  (a) For the establishment at 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL), as observed on or about 07/16/2015. The employer allowed employees to use the fire extinguishers in case of a fire and the employees had not been trained on the use of fire extinguishers.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:  Location: 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL)  (a) for the trap room as observed on or about 07/16/2015. Accumulation of dust from gun range operations was found on walls and floors due to multiple leaks throughout the ventilation system such as bullet holes on ductwork and open receiving containers at the bottom of cyclones.   (b) for the break room / classroom as observed on or about 08/24/2015. Lead accumulations of 2.4665 micrograms were found on an area of 100 squared centimeters over table 2 using the wipe sampling method.  (c) for the break room / classroom as observed on or about 08/24/2015. Lead accumulations of 1.5701 micrograms were found on an area of 100 squared centimeters over table 4 using the wipe sampling method.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

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:  a) As observed on or about 07/16/2015, at 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL), in that, a program was not implemented to inform and train employees about the chemical hazards of lead-containing dust during tasks such as, but not limited to, cleaning floors, changing filters for ventilation systems serving the gun range, changing buckets of particulate collected by ventilation system's cyclones, and taking contaminated trash out.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  a) For the gun range and trap room located at 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL), as observed on or about 07/16/2015, during tasks such as, but not limited to, cleaning floors, changing filters for ventilation systems serving the gun range, changing buckets of particulate collected by ventilation system's cyclones, and taking contaminated trash out.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  (a) As observed on or about 07/16/2015, at 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL), in that, a program was not implemented for employees using half-face air purifying respirators during tasks such as, but not limited to, cleaning floors, changing filters for ventilation systems serving the gun range, changing buckets of particulate collected by ventilation system's cyclones, and taking contaminated trash out. Employees required to use respirators were not medically qualified, fit tested and trained prior to initial use.

Issued

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): An initial determination was not made to determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level:  a) For the gun range and trap room located at 3685 Fowler Street in Fort Myers (FL), as observed on or about 08/24/2015 during tasks such as, but not limited to, cleaning floors, changing filters for ventilation systems serving the gun range, changing buckets of particulate collected by ventilation system's cyclones, and taking contaminated trash out. An employee was exposed to 11.9 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air during a 265 minute time period. This is equivalent to an 8-hour time weighted average exposure of 6.6 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air, which represent 20 percent of the OSHA Action Level of 30 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air.