OSHA Inspection: SUNRISE MOTEL ENTERPRISES, INC. DBA BEST WESTERN SALUKI INN

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    The employer did not perform a respiratory assessment for the pool room to identify the presence and quantity of chlorine in the atmosphere.

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4346.00 · Current $3260.00 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:    The employer did not ensure that an eyewash station or otherwise was available for employees that handle pool chemicals, such as  but not limited to, chlorine tablets, hypochlorite, and sodium bicarbonate.

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

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:    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 for employees exposed to hazardous compounds such as, but not limited to, chlorine, hypochlorite, and sodium bicarbonate.

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): 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 product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  In the pool storage room, the employer did not ensure that a portable container with a baking soda & water solution was affixed with a label that conveyed the solution identity and any associated hazards of the solution.

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):  The employer did not ensure that the safety data sheets for hazardous compounds, to include but not limited to, chlorine tablets, hypochlorite, and sodium bicarbonate, were available to employees while they were in their work area.

Issued

2017-10-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 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:  The employer did not ensure that effective training was provided to employees exposed to hazardous compounds in the workplace, upon hire or whenever a new hazard was introduced, such as but not limited to, chlorine tablets, hypochlorite, and sodium bicarbonate.