BROOKLYN, NY —
OSHA Inspection: B & H FOTO & ELECTRONICS CORP.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of B & H FOTO & ELECTRONICS CORP. in 105 EVERGREEN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11206 (NAICS 493110). OSHA activity number 340831403.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- B & H FOTO & ELECTRONICS CORP.
- Site address
- 105 EVERGREEN AVENUE
- City
- BROOKLYN
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 11206
- Mailing
- 63 FLUSHING AVENUE BLDG #664, BROOKLYN, NY 11205
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 493110
- Employees
- 60
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.132 D01 I
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 21, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The employer did not select and have each affected employee use, the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment: (a) On or about 8/6/15 at B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., the employer did not formally select and require the use of personal protective equipment, including but not limited to; proper gloves for shipping and receiving employees who handled boxes, packaging machinery with sharp corners and come into contact with heating elements of a plastic shrink-wrap machine, exposing employees to cuts and/or burns.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 21, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (a) On or about 8/6/15 at B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., employees were exposed to chemical hazards because the employer had not created a formal, written program for hazard communication, where maintenance employees occasionally handled chemicals including but not limited to bleach during warehouse floor cleaning.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1200 G08
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 21, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s): (a) On or about 8/6/15 at B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., employees were exposed to chemical hazards because the employer had not ensured that employee had access to chemical safety data sheets (SDSs), where maintenance employees occasionally handled chemicals including but not limited to bleach during warehouse floor cleaning.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1200 H03 II
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 21, 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: (a) On or about 8/6/15 at B&H Foto & Electronics Corp., employees were exposed to chemical hazards because the employer had not trained employees on the hazards of the chemicals that they worked with, where maintenance employees used bleach to wash floors.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 340831403.
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