OSHA Inspection: CIRCLE W TRAILERS, INC.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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)  Shop Area; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to slip and trip hazards in that employees were required to walk and work in areas that had large quantities of used metal pipe and tube and other trash piled up.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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) Machinery throughout the facility; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to potential hazardous energies in that employees were allowed to perform maintenance and servicing on equipment without having a lock out program and without being trained in lock out tag out.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1): Abrasive wheel(s) were used on portable grinder(s) which were not provided with safety guard(s) meeting the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1) through (c)(4)(a):     a)  Shop Area; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards in that employees were allowed to use vertical portable grinders with the guards removed.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinders were designed to accept caps, were not always in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders were in use or connected for use:  a)  Compressed Gas Storage Area; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to fire hazards in that employees were allowed to walk and work in the same area where fuel gas (acetylene) cylinders were stored without their valve protection caps in place as required by the standard.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one half hour:     a)  Compressed Gas Storage Area; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to fire hazards in that employees were allowed to walk and work in the same area where oxygen cylinders and fuel gas (acetylene) cylinders were stored together without a barrier as required by the standard.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:   a)  New Shop; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to electrical hazards in that employees were allowed to access a breaker panel with open breaker slots exposing live electrical parts in the panel.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1): The employer did not provide the protective equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), used to comply with this part, at no cost to employees.   a)  Shop Area; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer failed to provide at no cost welding PPE - gloves and helmets to its employees.

Issued

Jul 12, 2016

Abate by

Jul 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.   a)  Shop Area; On or about March 29, 2016 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards in that employees were allowed to operate a powered industrial truck without the employer first ensuring the employee was competent to operate the equipment as demonstrated by the completion of the required training and evaluation specified in the regulation.