OSHA Inspection: FC YONKERS ASSOCIATES, LLC

Issued

Dec 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling with one of the following: Guardrail System, Safety Nets, or Personal Fall Arrest System:  On or about; 07/17/17  Location: Several areas identified surrounding the compactors located at Building H and Building A1  a) Employees working on a walking surface with unprotected sides more than 4ft above a lower level (4ft, 4.3ft and 4.5ft high), were exposed to fall hazards, while these unprotected sides were not guarded.

Issued

Dec 22, 2017

Abate by

Jan 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program was not available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives:  On or about; 07/17/17  Location: Ridge Hill Mall Compactors  #2) Building B (Cardboard);#3) Building A2 (Wet trash); #4) Building A3 (Wet trash); #5) Building C (Cardboard); and #11) Building E1 (Cardboard)   a) Employees performing equipment maintenance were exposed to caught in between hazards, engulfment or entrapment because employer failed to develop and implement a written permit space program.

Issued

Dec 22, 2017

Abate by

Jan 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  On or about; 07/17/17  Location: Ridge Hill Mall Compactors #1) Building H (Wet trash); #2) Building B (Cardboard); #4) Building A3 (Wet trash); #5) Building C (Cardboard); #6) Building A1 (Recyclables); #7) Building A1 (Cardboard); #8) Building A1 (Wet trash); #9) Building G (Cardboard); #10) Building D (Wet trash); and #11) Building E1 (Cardboard)   a) The employer failed to protect each employee by developing, documenting and utilizing procedures for the control of potential hazardous energy. Employees performing equipment maintenance were exposed to caught in between hazards.

Issued

Dec 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks;  On or about; 07/17/17  Location: Ridge Hill Mall Compactors #1) Building H (Wet trash); #2) Building B (Cardboard); #4) Building A3 (Wet trash); #5) Building C (Cardboard); #6) Building A1 (Recyclables); #7) Building A1 (Cardboard); #8) Building A1 (Wet trash); #9) Building G (Cardboard); #10) Building D (Wet trash); and #11) Building E1 (Cardboard)   a) Employees were exposed to caught in between hazards while engaged in maintenance activities  in close proximity to or inside the unguarded compactors by not having any safety interlocks to prevent operation while unguarded or by having the safety interlocks overridden, while these compactors can run the complete cycle without holding/pushing the operating button.