OSHA Inspection: GATE HOUSE MEDIA

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(a)(2): An exit must be separated by fire resistant materials. Construction materials used to separate an exit from other parts of the workplace must have a one-hour fire resistance-rating if the exit connects three or fewer stories and a two-hour fire resistance-rating if the exit connects four or more stories.    a.   At the work site located at 166 East Main Street, Barnesville, Ohio, employees had offices in a building that shared a common wall (drywall) with an adjacent office space.  Both offices had individual exterior doors at the store front leading to the sidewalk, and there was a door in the common wall between the offices.  The employer did not ensure that employees had a work area where an exit route was separated by fire-resistant materials with a one-hour fire resistance rating.

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(c)(1): Each exit discharge must lead directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside.  a.  At the work site located at 166 East Main Street, Barnesville, Ohio, employees had offices in a building with an exterior rear door that lead to a 45 foot drop through brush and trees to an old railroad bed.  The employer did not ensure that employees had egress that led to a safe outside access.

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.   a.  At the work site located at 166 East Main Street, Barnesville, Ohio, employees had offices in a building that shared a common wall (drywall) with an adjacent office space.  The door in the common wall between the offices was kept locked.  The employer did not ensure that employees had a work area where an exit route that could be opened without tools, keys or special knowledge.

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): Initial determination. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level.  a.  At the work site, employees went through the kitchen area to access the press room at the rear of the work site where white paint was peeling and crumbling from the walls and ceiling, accumulating on the floors and on top of the ceiling tiles.  The white paint was found to contain 12.45% lead.  The employer did not determine if the employees were exposed to lead at or above the action level.

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Aug 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): Surfaces. All surfaces shall be maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead.  a. At the work site, employees who used a kitchen area and a press room that had been turned into a storage area were exposed to lead from paint that was peeling from the walls and ceiling.  The employer did not ensure that all surfaces were kept as free as possible from the accumulation of lead paint onto the floor and ceiling tiles.

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Jul 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace in which there is a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level shall inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation.  a.  At the work site, employees who created a proof of the local weekly newspaper were exposed to lead in the kitchen, storeroom and old press room from peeling paint that fell onto the floor and the drop ceiling tiles.  The employer did not inform employees at the work site about the information in Appendices A and B of the lead standard.

Issued

Jul 6, 2017

Abate by

Jul 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,811 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.40(a): Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under Part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.    a.  At the work site, employees who created a local newspaper proof were part of a larger newspaper company that had recently been purchased by a different, larger newspaper publisher.  The employer failed to provide OSHA 300 Logs of Employee Illness and Injuries within four hours when requested to do so on June 1, 2017.