OSHA Inspection: BRAKE-O-RAMA, INCORPORATED

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.141(a)(4)(ii): Wastes were not collected and removed as often as necessary to maintain the place of employment in a sanitary condition:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Vehicle Repair Bays      The employer did not remove large quantities of refuse from the work area.  Bags of garbage were stacked in the maintenance area and were overflowing from the trash cans and dumpster.  The refuse was not collected on a regular basis.       Violation observed on or about November 3, 2015 and February 12, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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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. 450 N. Broad St., Elizabeth, NJ - Storage area next to technician bathroom    Storage areas and the vehicle repair area were not kept clean and orderly.  The employer authorized storage of tools and equipment in a work area accessed by employees to perform leak tests of repaired tires.  Snow removal equipment, cleaning equipment, and other items were stored in a manner that created tripping hazards to employees working in the area.     Violation observed on or about November 3, 2015 and February 12, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad St., Elizabeth, NJ - maintenance bays    Service areas/vehicle repair areas were not kept clean and orderly.  Employees engaged in the repair of vehicles did not clean and maintain work areas, work benches, and walkways clear of debris and garbage.  Parts boxes, automotive parts, tires, rims and other items were placed in a manner that created slip, trip, and fall hazards to employees working in the area.    Violation observed on or about November 3, 2015 and February 12, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:       a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Adjacent to bay 1      The employer did not ensure that egress route(s) to the vehicle maintenance area were kept free and unobstructed.  Egress routes for employees to the exit doors were narrowed by the placement of vehicle tires.       Violation observed on or about November 3, 2015 and February 12, 2016        b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - outside, between bay 7 and 8      The employer did not ensure that egress route(s) to the vehicle maintenance area were kept free and unobstructed.  Egress routes for employees to the exit doors were obstructed by piled garbage and debris overflowing in the dumpster.      Violation observed on or about November 3, 2015, February 12, 2016, and February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $260.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Adjacent to bay 1      The employer did not ensure the doors in the vehicle repair bays, that were designated as exits, were identified by signs reading "Exit" for employees.        Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016        b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Between bay 7 and bay 8      The employer did not ensure the doors in the vehicle repair bays, that were designated as exits, were identified by signs reading "Exit" for employees.        Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:    b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Parts/tire storage room    The employer did not post signs indicating the direction of travel to the exits in the maintenance repair storage room, where line of sight to an exit was not maintained at all times, and where the direction to the nearest exit was not immediately apparent to employees working in the facility. The line of sight to the exit doors was obstructed by tire storage racks.    Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $260.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.101(b): The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks were not in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in CFR 1910.6:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Storage Room      Compressed gas cylinders were not properly secured to prevent tipping or damage from employee activities at or near the used oil recovery area/storage room.  Employees stored cylinders that included, but were not limited to acetylene gas, and did not secure the cylinders with a chain, strap, or other securing device.       Violation observed on or about February 12, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $260.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(ii): Floor(s) of workroom(s) were not maintained, so far as practical, in a dry condition:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Used oil recovery area      The employer did not ensure that workroom floors were practically maintained in a dry condition.  Floors in the used oil recovery area were wet with motor oil and other fluids that had not been cleaned and dried.      Violation observed on or about February 12, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $260.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Lavatories were not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling:       a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Main lobby restroom      The employer did not provide individual hand towels or air blower in lavatories used by the employees.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Repair bay restroom      The employer did not provide individual hand towels or air blower in lavatories used by the employees.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, 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, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:       a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ       The employer did not develop, establish and/or document a hazardous energy control program.  Employees engaged in the repairs of automotive vehicles were required to perform routine servicing and drain the water from a Le Roi/Dresser, 140-145 psi, 120 gallon, air compressor tank on a weekly basis where the unexpected startup of the equipment or the stored energy of compressed air could be released.       Violation occurred on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $270.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:        a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Customer waiting area      Flexible cords were not used in accordance with instructions included in the listing and labeling. The employer used three 6-foot light weight extension cords, interconnected to one another to increase the cord length as a means of power for the television in the customer waiting area.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2015

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C): Flexible cords and cables used where run through doorways, windows, or similar openings:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Manager Office Doorway      Flexible cords were run under an office doorway. The employer installed flexible cords from the managers' office, under the office door to provide power to a television in the customer waiting area.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv): Equipment with damaged parts that may adversely affect its safe operation or its mechanical strength, such as broken, bent, cut, or deteriorated by corrosion, chemical action, or overheating parts shall not be used:       a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - North wall, bay 5      Employees used electrical outlets with damaged sockets to power a bench grinder and other equipment. A single gang electrical outlet had visible damage, where the lower socket was broken and exposed the electrical contact.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - North wall, bay 8      Employees used electrical outlets with damaged sockets to power portable hand tools and equipment. A single gang electrical outlet had visible damage, where the lower socket was broken and exposed the electrical contact.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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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:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Customer Showroom circuit breaker panel      The employer did not effectively mark circuit breakers to indicate the breakers purpose.  Circuit breakers located in the panel (cabinet) used to control the lights and other appliances in the showroom area were not legibly marked to indicate their purpose.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Repair bay circuit breaker panel      The employer did not effectively mark circuit breakers to indicate the breakers purpose.  Circuit breakers located in the panel (cabinet) used to control the lights and other appliances in the repair bay area were not legibly marked to indicate their purpose.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      c. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Store room main circuit breaker panel      The employer did not effectively mark circuit breakers to indicate the breakers purpose.  Circuit breakers located in the panel (cabinet) used to control the sub-panels and air compressor in the storeroom area was not legibly marked to indicate their purpose.       Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by approved cabinets of other forms of approved enclosures, or other means listed under this provision:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Air compressor connections      Air compressor electrical connections, operating at 200 volts, were not guarded against accidental contact by employees with a cover plate.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - West wall of bay 1      Electrical panel junction box circuits, operating at more than 50 volts, were not guarded against accidental contact by employees with a cover plate.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Repair bay circuit breaker box        Electrical circuit breaker box did not have knockouts in place to prevent employees from accidental contact with live electrical circuits did not have effectively closed openings. The circuit breaker in the repair bay, used to control the interior lights and other appliances had the knockouts missing where there were not circuit breakers.        Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $260.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ  Repair bay 8      The employer did not provide face plates on completed electrical installations.  Outlets in the customer showroom had missing or damaged cover plates.      Violation observed on or about February 12, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Customer showroom, north wall      The employer did not provide face plates on completed electrical installations.  Outlets in the customer showroom had missing or damaged cover plates.      Violation observed on or about February 12, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $340.00 Reduced

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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):      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ         The employer did not maintain a written hazard communication program.  The written Hazard Communication Program was not updated to include Global Harmonization elements, an updated Safety Data Sheet master library that included, but were not limited to compressed oxygen and acetylene, and methods the employer would use to inform employees of non-routine hazards.         Violation occurred on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Storage room      Employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked. Unmarked or mismarked portable containers that included, but were not limited to hydraulic fluid and windshield washer fluid, and used across more than one shift were not labeled.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ         The employer did not ensure a complete library of Safety Data Sheets was maintained for each chemical in use.  Employees used hazardous chemicals which included, but were not limited to, Acetylene, Compressed Oxygen, hydraulic fluids, and window washer fluids, where Safety Data Sheets were not maintained when changes to products occurred or new products were introduced in the repair of motor vehicles.        Violation occurred on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:     a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ        Employees were not provided effective training on hazardous chemicals used daily in their work area.  Employees engaged in the repair of motor vehicles used hazardous chemicals, which included, but were not limited to, Acetylene, Compressed Oxygen, Hydraulic Fluids, and window washing fluids on a daily basis and were not provided training on their hazards.        Violation occurred on or about February 22, 2016

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $49000.00 · Current $6000.00 Reduced

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OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to crushing and/or struck by hazards of hydraulic automotive lifts:      a. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Automotive lift, position 5      The employer did not repair automotive lifts as prescribed in ANSI ANSI/ALI ALOIM-2008.  Employees engaged in automotive repair activities worked on vehicles, elevated on hydraulic automotive lifts that exhibited mechanical defect and were not tagged and removed from service.  Automotive lifts used by employees did not maintain pressure when elevated with a vehicle on the lift.  Safety Leg locks did not automatically engage and required employees to walk under an elevated vehicle to engage the locks.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      b. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Automotive lift, position 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6      The employer did not repair automotive lifts as prescribed in ANSI ANSI/ALI ALOIM-2008.  Employees engaged in automotive repair activities worked on vehicles, elevated on hydraulic automotive lifts that exhibited physical defect and were not tagged and removed from service.  Automotive lifts had broken/damaged arm extensions that did not have stops to prevent the extension from becoming disconnected from the lift arms.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016      c. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Automotive lift, position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7      The employer did not inspect hydraulic lifts as prescribed in ANSI ANSI/ALI ALOIM-2009.  Employees engaged in automotive repair activities worked on elevated vehicles from hydraulic lifts that were not inspected per the American National Standard outlining the safety requirements for proper vehicle lift operation, inspection and maintenance requires that a qualified lift inspector inspect every lift at least annually.       Violation observed on or about November 3, 2015, February 12, 2016, and February 22, 2016      d. 450 N. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ - Automotive lift, position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7      The employer did not ensure automotive lifts had product identification tags.  Hydraulic automotive lifts used by employees to perform automotive repairs did not have product identification tags that included, catalog number or model number, serial number, date of manufacture, or rated load capacity.      Violation observed on or about February 22, 2016