OSHA Inspection: CORE-MARK INTERNATIONAL, INC

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $2,000 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:Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.  Freezer, Core-Mark International, 355 Main Street, Whitinsville, Massachusetts;  Employee pulling stock in the freezer while on an elevated platform without fall protection was exposed to unprotected falls over 6 feet to the floor below.

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  Employee break room, Core-Mark International, 355 Main Street, Whitinsville, Massachusetts; The breakers inside the wall hung distribution panel in the employee break room were not marked to identify their purpose.

Issued

Nov 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:  Employee break room, Core-Mark International, 355 Main Street, Whitinsville, Massachusetts; Electrical equipment in the employee break room had missing knockouts and breakers exposing employees to electric shock hazards.  a.  A 4 outlet receptacle box was missing a knockout exposing employees to a 120 volt electric shock hazard. b.  Breakers were missing from a wall hung distribution panel that had the door open exposing employees to an electric shock hazard of 120 volts.