OSHA Inspection: ALTAMONT AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $4000.00

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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.    The employer failed to ensure that the floor was kept free of trip hazards when:  A.  Extension cords were lying on the floor in the ambulance bay.    B.  Duct tape was used to fix pulled up sections of carpet in the living quarters.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:    A.  The employer failed to ensure that that the office exit door was able to be opened without the use of a wrench.    B.  The employer failed to ensure that emergency exit door in the living quarters was able to be opened without special knowledge of the employees.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(1): Each exit route was not adequately lighted so that employees with normal vision could see along the exit route:      The employer failed to ensure that all exit routes in the Altamont Station had emergency lighting.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":    The employer failed to ensure that all exit doors in the Altamont Station were marked with a sign reading "Exit".

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.37(b)(3): Each exit door was not free of decorations or signs that obscured the visibility of the exit route door.    The employer failed to ensure that the exit door in the living quarters was keep free of decorations when a curtain was hung over the door.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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:    The employer failed to ensure that exit routes had signs indicated the direction of travel.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5): Each doorway or passage along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit was not marked "Not an Exit" or similar designation, or be identified by a sign indicating its actual use (e.g. closet):    The employer failed to ensure that a door, located in the office area, was marked "Not an Exit" when it went into a storage area.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $4000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:    The employer failed to ensure that fire extinguishers were visually inspected monthly.    At its Vandalia and Effingham, Illinois locations, the employer failed to ensure that fire extinguishers were visually inspected monthly.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    At the Altamont, Effingham and Vandalia locations, the employer failed to ensure that employees were trained in the operation of fire extinguishers.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $4000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    The employer failed to ensure that the breaker box, located on the stairs at the north wall, had sufficient access and working space around it.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i): Conductors entering cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not protected from abrasion, and openings through which conductors enter were not effectively closed.     The employer failed to ensure that wires entering the breaker panel, located on the stairs at the north wall, were protected from abrasion when:   A.  Wires were connected to the breaker panel and ran into the front of the box.  B.  Wires ran into the box thorough unprotected cutouts.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    The employer failed to ensure that unused openings were closed in an electrical circuit breaker panel, located on the stairs at the north wall.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $4000.00

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:    The employer failed to ensure that employees were protected from electric shock when:  A.  On 01/06/2016, an outlet box, in the hallway of the living quarters, was missing an outlet and no faceplate was installed on the box.    B.  On 03/21/2016, an outlet box, next to the TV in the living quarters, was missing an outlet and no faceplate was installed on the box.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(j)(1)(i): Fixtures, lampholders, lamps, rosettes, and receptacles located within 8 feet of the floor had live parts exposed to employee contact:    The employer failed to ensure that light fixtures, located in a temporary lighting strand by the soda machine, was protected from contact with live exposed parts when the cage shield was missing and no light was installed.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $49000.00 · Current $40000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(d)(2): Panelboards were not mounted in cabinets, cutout boxes, or enclosures approved for the purpose and were not dead front:    Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards, electrical arc blast and electrical arc flash hazards when the employer failed to ensure that a circuit breaker panel had a dead front installed on it.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $38500.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:       On or about 01/06/2016, Flexible cords and cables were used as permanent wiring when:  A.       Three (3) flexible (extension) cords ran from an outlet behind the soda machine into the ambulance bay and were connected to ambulances in the bay.  B.       An orange flexible cord was ran from an outlet behind that soda machine into the ambulance bay and was connected to a light that was mounted onto a lift.    C.       Temporary light strings are being used for permanent lighting in the area by the soda machine and store areas.     On or about 03/21/2016, Flexible cords and cables were used as permanent wiring when:  D.       A brown flexible (extension) cord ran from an outlet located on the south wall of the living quarters, along the floor and was connected to the TV.    At the Vandalia location, in the ambulance bay, the employer used a red flexible (extension) cord to provide power to a Carrier furnace located in the utility closet and an orange flexible (extension) cord to provide power to the LiftMaster garage door.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(c)(1)(i): When toilet rooms were intended to be occupied by no more than one person at a time, the rooms were not provided with an adequate lock capable of being secured on the inside:    The employer failed to ensure that the bathroom was capable of being locked.