OSHA Inspection: CT GARDENS, LLC

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,413 · Current $3,854 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employees must be able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge. A device such as a panic bar that locks only from the outside is permitted on exit discharge doors.    WORKSHOP: The emergency exit door to the right of the overhead garage door #2 was nailed shut on both sides.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,413 · Current $3,854 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not free and unobstructed. Materials or equipment were placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route.     WORKSHOP:  The emergency exit Garage door #1 was blocked by a shelving unit having a radio on top and a yellow trash pail.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,413 · Current $3,854 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit must be clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit."      WORKSHOP:  The emergency exit door to the right of the overhead garage door #2 was not marked with a sign "Exit".

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,413 · Current $3,854 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): Written and oral emergency action plans. An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally to employees.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented an emergency action plan in the event of an emergency situation.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(e): Training. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.  Workshop:  The employer had not designated and trained employees to assist other employees during an emergency situation.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,017 · Current $4,730 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2150

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(b)(6)(vi): Readily ignitable material such as weeds and long dry grass shall be removed within 10 feet of any container.    OUTSIDE STORAGE TANK:  The readily ignitable materials, such as (but not limited to) wooden pallets were not separated at least 10 feet from the outside propane storage tank.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,413 · Current $3,854 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2150

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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane, including the Globalized Harmonized System.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2150

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not maintained any safety data sheets for propane handled by employees.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2150

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  WORKSHOP: The employees, who were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane were not provided with training and information in the hazard communication program, including the Globalized Harmonized.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(1): The employer shall be responsible for the inspection, maintenance and testing of all portable fire extinguishers in the workplace.  WORKSHOP:  The portable fire extinguishers in the following locations were unmounted, blocked, and not visually inspected:  A.    By the Green House. B.    By the Front Door.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Dec 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks shall be examined before being placed in service, and shall not be placed in service if the examination shows any condition adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle. Such examination shall be made at least daily. Where industrial trucks are used on a round-the-clock basis, they shall be examined after each shift. Defects when found shall be immediately reported and corrected.  WORKSHOP/WAREHOUSE:  The employer had instructed the powered industrial truck (PIT) operators to examine the PIT before operation.