OSHA Inspection: INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AUTHORITY, LLC

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,552 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(5): Avoidance of duplicative training. If an operator has previously received training in a topic specified in paragraph (l)(3) of this section, and such training is appropriate to the truck and working conditions encountered, additional training in that topic is not required if the operator has been evaluated and found competent to operate the truck safely.   The employer had not evaluated and found competent a powered industrial truck operator who had received training specified in paragraph (l)(3) from a previous employer to operate the truck safely.

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jul 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $1,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(i): "Procedures." The employer shall maintain a written copy of the procedures outlined in paragraph (b)(2) and shall make it available for inspection by employees and by the Assistant Secretary of Labor and his or her authorized representatives. Note: The written procedures may be in the form of a copy of paragraph (b) of this section.  The employer did not have written procedures as outlined in paragraph (b)(2) for the denenergizing and verification of 480 Volt AC electrical disconnect switchbox with leads when powering and testing a Variable Frequency Drive.

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(B): A qualified person shall use test equipment to test the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment to which employees will be exposed and shall verify that the circuit elements and equipment parts are deenergized. The test shall also determine if any energized condition exists as a result of inadvertently induced voltage or unrelated voltage backfeed even though specific parts of the circuit have been deenergized and presumed to be safe. If the circuit to be tested is over 600 volts, nominal, the test equipment shall be checked for proper operation immediately after this test.  At the Workbench Area, an employee, after deenergizing the 480 Volt AC electrical power on the 480 Volt AC electrical disconnect switchbox and locking out the switchbox, removed the electrical leads removed from the Variable Frequency Drive and had not tested the electrical leads were not tested to verify that they were deenergized.

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jun 29, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.  The employer did not verify that the workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification.

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Space about electric equipment. Sufficient access and working space shall be provided and maintained about all electric equipment to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.  In the Workbench Area, a work table, 3 ft. x 3 ft. x 30" was located in front of a 480 Volt AC electrical disconnect switchbox which inhibited access for safe operation during testing of Variable Frequency Drives and maintenance of the electrical disconnect switchbox.