SULPHUR, LA ·
OSHA Inspection: TENDER CARE LAWN SERVICE
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of TENDER CARE LAWN SERVICE in 6696 HWY 27 SOUTH, SULPHUR, LA 70665 (NAICS 561730). OSHA activity number 341605715.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- TENDER CARE LAWN SERVICE
- Site address
- 6696 HWY 27 SOUTH
- City
- SULPHUR
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70665
- Mailing
- 2315 GAYLYNN DRIVE, SULPHUR, LA 70665
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 561730
- Employees
- 14
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2016
- Abate by
- Nov 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $5,600 Reduced
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees. Employees were exposed to a crushing and/or drowning hazard associated with the roll-over of a riding lawnmower: On or about 6/28/2016, at 6696 Highway 27 South in Sulphur, LA, the employer allowed employees to operate a John Deere Z810A riding mower and did not ensure that employees refrained from operating the mower on inclines greater than 20 degrees and near waterways and the employer did not ensure that a roll over protective structure (ROPS) was used.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $5600
- · Z (S) $12471
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2016
- Abate by
- Nov 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $2,138 · Current $1,200 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 7/7/2016, at 1497 South Houston River Road in Sulphur, LA, the employer allowed employees to fill lawn equipment with gasoline and apply herbicides and did not develop a written hazard communication program.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1200
- · Z (S) $2138
1910.1200 G08
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2016
- Abate by
- Nov 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift: On or about 7/7/2016, at 1497 South Houston River Road in Sulphur, LA, the employer allowed employees to fill lawn equipment with gasoline and apply herbicides and did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily accessible.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2016
- Abate by
- Nov 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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 7/7/2016, at 1497 South Houston River Road in Sulphur, LA, the employer allowed employees to fill lawn equipment with gasoline and apply herbicides and did not ensure that employees received hazard communication training.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1904.39 A
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2016
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $4,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
1904.39(a); The employer failed to notify OSHA of fatality within eight (8) hour time frame. On or about 6/28/2016, at 2313 Gaylynn Drive in Sulphur, LA, the employer failed to notify OSHA of a work related fatality in the allotted eight (8) hour time frame of a fatality.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $4000
- · Z (O) $5000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 341605715.
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