OSHA Inspection: COLONIAL WAGON & WHEEL

Issued

May 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a sanitary condition.  a.  At the work site, the welding area floor and aisles were partially blocked by equipment and supplies.    b.  At the work site, the opening from the fabricating department to the finishing department was narrowed and obstructed by completed pieces waiting for finishing.

Issued

May 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level.   a.  At the work site, exit doors and routes were obstructed by materials stacked in the aisles and piled on the floors throughout the shop area.

Issued

May 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(ii): Fire extinguishers. Suitable fire extinguishing equipment shall be maintained in a state of readiness for instant use. Such equipment may consist of pails of water, buckets of sand, hose or portable extinguishers depending upon the nature and quantity of the combustible material exposed.   a.  Employees who used welders to manufacture metal lawn ornaments did not have readily accessible access to fire extinguishers.

Issued

May 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.  a.  At the work site, employees cut metal rods into set lengths with a press adjacent to the aisle between the fabricating and welding departments.  The press had two unguarded pulleys and a belt that were less than 7 feet above the floor.

Issued

May 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

Hazardous substances 22702587

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a.  At the work site, employees fabricated, welded, and finish-coated metal yard ornaments for sale to wholesale and retail customers.  The employer did not have a written hazard communication program for employees.