OSHA Inspection: MILES CITY SANITATION

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:    a) Maintenance Bay: On or about October 20, 2015 and at times prior, employees were exposed to slips, trips and falls while walking and working in and around the cluttered waste oil collection point.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(2): The quantity of flammable liquids or liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 degrees F (93 degrees C) kept in the vicinity of spraying operations were not a minimum required for operations or they exceeded a supply for one day or one shift:     a) Wash bay: On or about October 20, 2015 and times prior, employees were exposed to flammable liquids; such as but not limited to Finish 1 FT 220, being used and stored in the wash bay for painting trash dumpsters.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(1)(ii): The employer did not performed frequent and periodic inspections as defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section:    a) Wash bay: On or about October 20, 2015 and at times prior, employees exposed to struck by hazards while using the JET L-90, 2 ton crane hoist, to move 500-600lbs waste dumpsters.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    a) Maintenance Bay: On or about October 20, 2015 and at times prior, employees were exposed to caught in hazards from the rotating chuck on the unguarded JET drill press.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:    a) Welding bay: On or about October 20, 2015 and at times prior, employees were exposed to caught in hazards while performing grinding operations on a Delta 8inch bench grinder, model 23-680, serial # P9021, with a work-rest adjusted to approximately 1/2 inch.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    a) Wash bay: On or about October 20, 2015, and at times prior, employees exposed to shock hazards while walking and working around the exposed electrical outlet.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2): If your company had more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year, you must keep OSHA injury and illness records unless your establishment is classified as a partially exempt industry under �� 1904.2:  a) Miles City Sanitation: On September 11, 2013 the employer failed to maintain OSHA Injury and Illness records.

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):   a) Cardboard Bay: On or about October 20, 2015 and at times prior, employees were not trained in operating the Toyota Fork Lift Truck (Industrial Truck).

Issued

Dec 29, 2015

Abate by

Jan 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer used written materials, such as signs, placards, process sheets, or batch tickets in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers that failed to identify the container(s) to which they were applicable and did not convey the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5):  a) Maintenance bay: On or about October 20, 2015, and at times prior, the employer failed to accurately label a barrel of waste oil.