OSHA Inspection: RITE4US INN & SUITES

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,390 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  On or about 6/15/2016 in the boiler room and throughout the electrical panels at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: Where employee(s) were removing and replacing wall mounted air conditioner units rated at 240 volts AC, the disconnect breakers in the electrical panels were not legibly marked to indicate their purpose. On or about 6/9/2016 an employee was fatally injured while performing this task without properly de-energizing the unit and not specific written energy control procedure provided by the employer.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 6/15/2016 in room 298 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: A three (3) strand flexible extension cord was used in lieu of permanent wiring. The extension cord connected the metal outlet box to the controls of the air conditioner unit which was rated at 240 volts.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $12,471 · Current $8,106 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1): "Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs. (A)  Live parts to which an employee may be exposed were not deenergized or other authorized means accomplished before the employee worked on or near them or as required:  On or about 6/15/2016 in room 298 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: Where employee(s) were removing and replacing wall mounted air conditioner units rated 240 volts AC, they were not provided specific written energy control procedures. On or about 6/9/2016 an employee was fatally injured while performing this task without properly de-energizing the unit's electrical circuit.  The employer failed to ensure electrical circuits were deenergized before air conditioner repair work was done.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,242 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2): While an employee was exposed to contact with parts of fixed electric equipment or circuits which were deenergized, the circuits energizing the parts were not locked out or tagged or both in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2):  On or about 6/15/2016 in room 298 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: It was determined, that on 6/9/2016 an employee was exposed to 240 volts AC after he installed a replacement air conditioner unit following the fatally injury of another employee. The fatally injured employee did not deenergize the circuit and the other employee installing the replacement unit deenergized the circuit but did not isolated the circuit by locking and/or tagging out the energy source. The authorized employee de-energized the circuit but was not provided specific written energy control procedures by the employer after the injury to another authorized employee.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,390 Reduced

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:  On or about 6/15/2016 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA:  Employees use a variety of hazardous material including but not limited to Freon, gasoline, oil, and antifreeze were not provided a written hazard communication program by the employer.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:  On or about 6/15/2016 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA:  The employer failed to provide safety data sheet, where employees were required to work with chemicals that included but were not limited to: Freon, gasoline, oil, and antifreeze.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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 6/15/2016 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA:  Hazard communication training was not provided where employees were required to work with chemicals that included but were not limited to: Freon, gasoline, oil, and antifreeze.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): Each recordable injury or illnesses was not entered on the OSHA 300 log and/or incident report (OSHA Form 300A or equivalent) within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred:  On or about 6/15/2016 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: The employer failed complete an OSHA 301 or equivalent first report of injure within seven (7) days for the employees fatality injured on 6/9/2016.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $2,864 Reduced

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29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:  On or about 6/9/2016 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: The employer failed to report to OSHA a work-related death within 8 hours of such knowledge and did not contact OSHA until 6/14/2016 at approximately 8:30 am.

Issued

Oct 19, 2016

Abate by

Dec 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  On or about 6/15/2016 in room 298 at 4300 Snapfinger Wood, Decatur, GA: The metal outlet box used to connect the main electrical wiring to the wall mounted air conditioner unit was not installed in accordance with listing and/or labeling requirements associated with this type electrical equipment.