OSHA Inspection: ALTAMONT AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. DBA EFFINGHAM CITY-COUNTY AMBULANCE

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 1910.36(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:    The employer failed to ensure that emergency exit doors in the facility were able to be opened without special knowledge of the employees when:    A.  An exit door in the east hallway had a thumb lock on the handle and a deadbolt.    B.  An exit door in the ambulance bay had a thumb lock on the handle.

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 1910.37(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 Effingham 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

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 indicating the direction of travel.

Issued

2016-06-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.101(b): Section 3.3.8, Compressed Gas Association pamphlet P-1-1965, as adopted by 29 CFR 1910.101(b), Where caps were provided for valve protection, such caps were not kept on cylinders in storage:    The employer failed to ensure that three (3) K size (244CuFt) compressed gas cylinders containing oxygen did not have valve protection caps installed while in storage.

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 1910.305(j)(1)(iv): Fixtures installed in wet or damp locations were not approved for the purpose and were not so constructed or installed that water could not enter or accumulate in wireways, lamp holders or other electrical parts:    The employer failed to ensure that overhead lights, in the living quarters, were installed so that water could not enter them.