OSHA Inspection: GUAM REEF HOTEL

Issued

2018-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4240.00 · Current $2968.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.25(b)(1): The employer did not ensure handrails, stair rail systems, and guardrail systems were provided in accordance with 1910.28:   Cooling Tower, outside, rear of hotel:   The stairway leading to the cooling tower was not equipped with railings on each side to prevent slip, trip, and fall hazards.

Issued

2018-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.25(b)(3):  Stairs shall have uniform riser heights and tread depths between landings:   Cooling Tower, outside, rear of hotel:  The stairway leading from ground level to the cooling tower walking/working surface was not uniform in riser height or tread depth creating slip, trip, and fall hazards.

Issued

2018-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4240.00 · Current $2968.00 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 was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following:  Guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Cooling Tower, outside, rear of hotel:  The cooling tower walking/working surface exposed employees to a fall hazard of 4.5 feet to ground level.

Issued

2018-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4240.00 · Current $2968.00 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:                     A written hazard communication program was not developed for employees that used hazardous chemicals such as paints, thinners, welding gases, chlorinated pool maintenance products, and cleaning products.  Employees were exposed to chemical hazards.

Issued

2018-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer did not include an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:                              Maintenance:  Employees were not trained on the new label elements (e.g., pictograms and signal words) and the new SDS format, as required by the revised Hazard Communication Standard.  Employees used hazardous chemicals such as paints, thinners, chlorinated pool products, and flammable welding gases.  Employees were exposed to chemical hazards.

Issued

2018-03-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:   Safety data sheets were not available for hazardous chemical products such as Bioguard Power Chlor, SK Kaken paint admixture, and Midland Labs 448 scale/corrosion inhibitor.  Employees were exposed to chemical hazards.