OSHA Inspection: GEISEL HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC

Issued

Mar 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,760 · Current $4,656 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:     On or about January 4, 2018 during the maintenance of the Renzor 2.5 million BTU furnace; the employer did not ensure an employee performing maintenance operations to service/re-start the industrial furnace was properly protected from fire hazards by utilizing personal protective equipment.

Issued

Mar 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,760 · Current $4,656 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.140(c)(10)(i): (i) Directly to webbing, rope, or wire rope;    On or about January 4, 2018 during the maintenance of a an industrial furnace; the employer did not ensure employees working at height of approximately 11.3 feet above the ground were protected from a fall hazard by properly utilizing a personal fall arrest system (tied the lanyard back to itself).

Issued

Mar 29, 2018

Abate by

May 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $2,944 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B): The energy control procedure did not clearly and specifically specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:     On or about January 4th, 2018, the employer did not ensure that the lockout tagout procedures for the Reznor 2 story, 2.5 million BTU industrial furnace; included locking out the natural gas sources.

Issued

Mar 29, 2018

Abate by

May 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $2,944 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d): The established procedure for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) did not cover the actions listed in and was not done in sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6):      On or about January 4, 2018, the employer did not ensure employees followed lockout/tagout procedures during the service and maintenance of a Resnor 2.5 million BTU Industrial Furnace. The following was not completed:  The furnace was not shut down [per the 1910.147(d)(1) requirements], all energy sources, to include Natural Gas, were not isolated [(d)(3)] , lockout/tagout devices were not applied to each energy source to include Natural Gas  [(d)(4)], and it was not verified that the equipment energy was isolated and de-energized prior to starting work [(d)(6)].