OSHA Inspection: SCOTS LANDSCAPE NURSERIES, INC.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $1901.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(e): The employer did not ensure that employees were not using defective or damaged personal protective equipment in the workplace.    (a) 6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, an employee was issued and wearing safety glasses in the field that were severely scratched and dirty with discoloration of the lenses and frames.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(v): Employee(s) required to use personal protective equipment (PPE) by this section were not trained to know the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the PPE:    (a) 6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, employees are not trained in the proper care and maintenance of PPE, such as safety glasses that are not in a usable condition but worn when conducting assigned work tasks in the field.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees hands were exposed to hazardous condition(s):    (a) Field Crews:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, employees required to perform landscaping and tree/shrub trimming operations, such as pruning trees and shrubs are not required to wear protective gloves.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    (a) Field Crews:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not assess the work place and tasks required to be performed to assign PPE as required, such as gloves during pruning tasks and when carrying sticks, brush, and cut tree limbs.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $4437.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(b)(1)(i): Potable water was not provided in all places of employment, for drinking, washing of the person, cooking, washing of foods, washing of cooking or eating utensils, washing of food preparation or processing premises, and personal service rooms:    (a) Field Crew:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, potable water was not provided to employees required to perform landscape and tree trimming operations.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7605.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(b): There was neither an infirmary, clinic, or hospital used for the treatment of all injured employees in near proximity to the workplace nor a person or persons adequately trained to render first.  First aid supplies approved by a consulting physician were not readily available:    (a) Field Crews:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, employees performing landscaping and tree/shrub trimming operations in remote areas were not trained to render first aid.      (b) Field Crews:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, first aid supplies were not provided and/or maintained for use by employees working in remote areas.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $1901.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    (a)  6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, Safety Date Sheets (SDS) were not available at the worksite for employees required to use hazardous materials, such as Treflan herbicide, Milorganite fertilizer, and pulverized limestone mineral filler and other hazardous materials associated with landscaping and tree/shrub trimming operations.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not train employees on the hazards of chemicals used and the measures to take to protect themselves when using chemicals, such as Milorganite fertilizer, pulverized limestone mineral filler, gas and oils for landscape equipment.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $1901.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(3): Prescription lenses worn as eye protection when performing operations that involve eye hazards did not incorporate the prescription in its design, or eye protection was not worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses:    (a) Construction Division:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, appropriate eye protection was not worn when using a Hitachi G12SR3 hand held angle grinder to cut pieces of metal roofing to size, and a Dewalt DW364 circular saw to cut wood framing.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:    (a) Construction Division:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not audit the worksite or require company representatives to audit the worksites for safety hazards, such as eye hazards when cutting metal roofing and proper personal protective equipment to protect against such hazards.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2535.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:    (a) 6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, an employee was exposed to falls up to 12 feet 4 inches while performing work on a 3/12 sloped metal roof with no fall protection.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a) 6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, employees required to work at heights were not trained on the hazards or the procedures to follow to protect themselves.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1268.00 · Current $634.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): A Log of all Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300), and/or Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, (OSHA Form 300-A), and/or the Injury and Illness Incident Report (OSHA Form 301) or equivalent forms were not kept by the establishment:    a) 6303 Grand Central Avenue:  The Summary of Work-Related injuries and illnesses, OSHA form 300-A, was not kept by the employer.

Issued

2017-07-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I): Protection was not provided to avoid damage to flexible cords and cables used for temporary wiring which passed through doorways or other pinch points:  (a) 6303 Grand Central Avenue:  On or about March 23, 2017 and times prior, a 25 foot 14AWG extension cord was placed through and under a doorway and used to supply power to a Hitachi G12SR3 angle grinder and a Dewalt DW364 circular saw.