OSHA Inspection: GATEHOUSE MEDIA PENNSYLVANIA HOLDINGS, INC.

Issued

2018-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(f)(1): The employer did not review the emergency action plan with each employee covered under the plan when the plan was developed or when employees initially were assigned to a job:  A.)  Gatehouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. dba Erie Times News or Times Publishing Company, 205 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16534, on or about March 14, 2018 and times prior thereto:  Employees did not have training on the emergency evacuation procedure.

Issued

2018-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii): The employer did not certify that periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had been performed:  A.)  Gatehouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. dba Erie Times News or Times Publishing Company, 205 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16534, on or about March 14, 2018 and times prior thereto:  Employees perform service and maintenance work on equipment including, but not limited to, TPC roof exhaust units.  The employer has not certified that the periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had been performed.

Issued

2018-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:  A.)  Gatehouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. dba Erie Times News or Times Publishing Company, 205 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16534, on or about March 14, 2018 and times prior thereto:  Employees provided with, and permitted to use, portable fire extinguishers were not trained upon initial employment on the proper selection and use of the fire extinguishers.     B.)  Gatehouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. dba Erie Times News or Times Publishing Company, 205 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16534, on or about March 14, 2018 and times prior thereto:  Employees provided with, and permitted to use, portable fire extinguishers were not trained annually on the proper selection and use of the fire extinguishers.

Issued

2018-03-16 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:  A.)  Gatehouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. dba Erie Times News or Times Publishing Company, 205 West 12th Street, Erie, PA  16534, maintenance shop area, on or about March 14, 2018 and times prior thereto:  Secondary containers of products including, but not limited to, Zep Formula 50, were not labeled with the hazards of the hazardous chemical(s) container therein.