OSHA Inspection: THE ACME CO.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2275.00 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 toeboards:    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not provide guardrails in a storage area that was at a height of approximately 8.6 feet above the lowest level located in the mechanic bay area.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2275.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):  The employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of energy control procedures, 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, start up or release of stored energy could occurr and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative:    On or about November 11, 2015, the company did not establish a program to protect employees involved with servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment from the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy.  Energy sources included, but are not limited to, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic.  The company maintains and services equipment such as, but not limited to, the plant crusher.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1365.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not have ABC fire extinguishers located throughout the mechanics bay  visually inspected monthly.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:  On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not provide annual training for portable fire extinguishers when available for employee use.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer had not trained or evaluated employees who drive powered industrial trucks on a daily basis.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 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.    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not remove from service the Clark Forklift that did not have an operable warning device and had bald tires.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1365.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area;    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not provide training to new employees on the hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, silica and propane at the time of their initial assignment.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv):   The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, did not include an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not provide training or information to employees working with hazardous chemicals on the details of the new hazard communication standard which encompasses the Global Harminization System(GHS).

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1): In every building or other structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial, or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official were not marked in a conspicuous place in each space to which they related:  On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not load rate the overhead storage area in the mechanics bay above the bathrooms and office.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 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 that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:      On or about October 9, 2015, the workplace hazard assessment had not been put in writing and certified with the person conducting the evaluation and the dates the hazard assessment was completed.

Issued

2016-01-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    On or about October 9, 2015, the employer did not provide employees with Appendix D of the respiratory standard when voluntarily using N-95 filtering face piece respirators while working around the plant crusher.