OSHA Inspection: EL SALES CORPORATION

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,195 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(e)(1): A side-hinged door was not used to connect any room to an exit route:    a)  For employees who were working in the front of the warehouse, a manual roll bay door with a rolling locking metal gate was designated as an exit door, on or about 04/13/17.    b)  For employees who were working in the rear of the warehouse, a locked manual roll bay door was designated as an exit door, on or about 04/13/17.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Nov 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(c)(1): Each exit discharge did not lead directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside.  a)  For the rear of the warehouse designated exit manual roll door had an exit discharge leading to a fall approximately 40" to the ground level. The exit discharge did not have a walkway, on or about 04/13/17.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,195 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(f)(1): The employer did not review the Emergency Action Plan initially with each new employee and at the beginning of their assignment.     a)  For employees working in the warehouse, on or about 04/13/17.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  (a) For employees who work in the warehouse that are required to fight any fires, on or about 04/13/17.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Oct 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,195 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:    (a) In the warehouse, a portable ABC Fire Extinguisher, serial number SL654644 had not received an annual inspection, as observed on or about April 13, 2017.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Oct 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.159(c)(2): The employer did not properly maintain an automatic sprinkler system installed to comply with this section:  (a)  The employer did not maintain an automatic sprinkler system as required and/or the employer did not ensure that a main drain flow test was performed annually as required; and/or the inspector's test valve was not opened at least every two years as required, on or about 04/13/2017.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(a): Permanent aisles or passageways were not appropriately marked:  (a)  For employees working in the warehouse where two Yale LP Forklifts are used for receiving, stocking and retrieving products being stored on metal storage racking systems approximately 20 feet high, on or about 04/13/17.

Issued

Oct 11, 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)  For employees in the warehouse who were operating Yale LP Forklift Model Gi C030VXNRAE682, serial number D809V02148P and Yale LP Forfklift Model GLC030VXNRAE082, serial number D809V02380P, on or about April 13, 2017.

Issued

Oct 11, 2017

Abate by

Oct 23, 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) In the warehouse, employees stored a utility cart and pallets of product in front of two electrical panels that control lights, on or about April 13, 2017.