OSHA Inspection: SHAPE LOVERS, LLC

Issued

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.      (a) On or about 1/31/2016, employees were exposed to laceration hazards when using knives during food preparation activity without appropriate hand protection, such as cut resistant gloves.

Issued

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3920.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 ppm:    (a)      On or about January 31, 2016, an employee engaged in food preparation and meal production was exposed to carbon monoxide at a blood concentration of 263.2 ppm expressed as an 8-hour time weighted average of 74.0 ppm which exceeds the permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm.      (b)     On or about January 31, 2016, an employee engaged in food preparation and meal production was exposed to carbon monoxide at a blood concentration of 299.2 ppm expressed as an 8-hour time weighted average of 140.3 ppm which exceeds the permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm.      (c)      On or about January 31, 2016, an employee engaged in food preparation and meal production was exposed to carbon monoxide at a blood concentration of 357.4 ppm expressed as an 8-hour time weighted average of 152.6 ppm which exceeds the permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm.      (d)     On or about January 31, 2016, an employee engaged in food preparation and meal production was exposed to carbon monoxide at a blood concentration of 456.9 ppm expressed as an 8-hour time weighted average of 204.7 ppm which exceeds the permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm.

Issued

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):   (a)      On or about January 31, 2016, employees engaged food preparation and meal production were exposed to carbon monoxide levels that exceeded the permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm due to the malfunctioning ventilation system.

Issued

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 05602150

General-duty citation text

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) will be met:    (a) On or about January 31, 2016, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program at a facility where employees were exposed to chemical hazards such as but not limited to propane gas and the combustion by products such as carbon monoxide; and cleaning solutions with hazardous ingredients including, but not limited to, benzalkonium chloride.

Issued

2016-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 05602150

General-duty citation text

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:  On or about January 31, 2016, the employer did not provide effective information about combustion gases generated when using gas-powered industrial kitchen appliances to prepare meals and the hazards of the chemicals used during cleaning tasks.