OSHA Inspection: ATLANTA LUBES TWO

Issued

Jan 30, 2017

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,926 · Current $4,156 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open sided floor(s) or platform(s) 4 feet or more above the adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent as specified in 29 CFR 1910.23(e)(3)(i) through (v)), on all open sides:   a.  5559 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Chamblee, GA (Upper Mezzanine Storage Area) - Employees were exposed to fall hazard.  The employees are required to access the upper level mezzanine storage area to retrieved items pertaining to the shop area such as, but not limited to floor caution cones,  boxes and other shop materials.  The mezzanine area was not equipped with the standard guardrails along the open-sides of the storage area, exposing employees to a fall of 10' to lower level, on or about 1/11/17.

Issued

Jan 30, 2017

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,926 · Current $4,156 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:   a.  5559 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Chamblee, GA (Throughout the shop) - Employees were exposed to fire hazard. Service  technicians employees are not able to open the exit doors from the inside, due to the doors are padlock with a steel bar screwed into the frame of the designated emergency exit doors, preventing employees from discharging the area, in the event of an emergency, on or about 01/11/17.

Issued

Jan 30, 2017

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,926 · Current $4,156 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:  a.  5559 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Chamblee, GA (Rear Shop Storage Area) - Employees were exposed to electrical hazard.  The wall mounted panel boards/circuit breakers were not marked as to indicate what equipment they controlled, on or about 01/11/17.

Issued

Jan 30, 2017

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:   a.  5559 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Chamblee, GA (Rear Shop Storage Area) - Employees were exposed to electrical hazard.  The wall mounted panel boards/circuit breakers disconnects were blocked by large, heavy storage equipment and materials, making it difficult to access the electrical equipment in the event of an emergency, on or about 01/11/17.

Issued

Jan 30, 2017

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(d): Panel boards that were mounted in cabinets, cutout boxes, or enclosures approved for the purpose were not of the dead-front type:   a.  5559 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Chamblee, GA (Rear Shop Storage Area) - Employees were exposed to electrical hazard. The wall mounted panel board/circuit breaker was not equipped with a dead front and the front access panel door was removed from the electrical equipment, exposing employees to live parts when accessing and/or walking, and working next to the unguarded electrical circuit breaker, on or about 01/11/17.

Issued

Jan 30, 2017

Abate by

Feb 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,155 · Current $2,493 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:   5559 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Chamblee, GA (Bay Shop Area) - Employees were exposed to electrical hazard.  Employees were exposed to contact with live wires, in that, there was a faceplate missing from the 120V floor plug-in receptacle, which employees access on a daily basis to plug in the shop-vac, on or about 01/11/16.