OSHA Inspection: ARNOLD'S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:      (a)     Rubber boots were not provided for an employee to maintain his work shoes in a dry condition when working with the portable toilet cleaning chemicals.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a)     The eyewash unit was empty in the work area where employees handled chemicals such as Maxim Neutral Disinfectant and Walex deodorizer.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $3,000

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:    (a)     There was no written hazard communication program developed regarding hazardous chemicals handled by employees such as Walex Deodorizing cleaner and Maxim Neutral Disinfectant.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(i) through 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(v):    (a)  Spray bottles in a company vehicle contained chemicals such as Walex Deodorizing cleaner and Maxim Neutral Disinfectant and were not identified with information such as a product identifier, a signal word, a hazard statement, a pictogram, and a precautionary statement.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    (a)     There were no safety data sheets maintained for chemicals handled by employees such as Walex Deordorizing cleaner and Maxim Neutral Disinfectant.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $0 Reduced

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:    (a)  There had been no chemical hazard training done for employees handling chemicals such as Walex Deodorizing cleaner and Maxim Neutral Disinfectant.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  (a) There was no "Danger Sign" posted or employees were not informed of the existence of the danger posed by permit spaces in the place of employment. The water tank in the vehicle maintenance area posed this danger.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

May 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    (a)     There were no certifications of powered industrial vehicle training maintained for the employees that operate industrial vehicles such as the Yale forklift, the Donkey self-loading forklift and the skid-steer truck.

Issued

Mar 15, 2017

Abate by

Mar 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    (a)     In the work area the Donkey self-loading forklift, serial number EKX, had a broken left rear taillight.