OSHA Inspection: PARTS AUTHORITY, LLC

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,097 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:    On or about June 5, 2018, at the Parts Authority warehouse Zone B, located at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to smoke and fire hazards while working in the warehouse in Zone B when the employer installed particle board to hang product on top of exit route signs which obstructed the view of the exit signs.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $4,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6): Each exit sign was not illuminated to a surface value of at least five foot-candles (54 lux) by a reliable light source and was not distinctive in color:    On or about June 5, 2018, at Parts Authority 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to fire and smoke hazards when an exit sign in Zone B and an exit sign installed above the hallway leading from the warehouse to the office area were not illuminated.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $10,163 · Current $7,600 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Charging Area - Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to eye and skin burns while working with corrosive chemicals which include but are not limited to batteries which contain sulfuric acid while charging forklift batteries and cleaning acid spills from damaged automotive batteries when suitable facilities were not available in the forklift battery charging area and other areas of the warehouse where automotive batteries are stored.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,097 · Current $4,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:    On or about June 5, 2018, in the warehouse at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to smoke and fire hazards while working in the warehouse when fire extinguishers in Zone Y, Zone B,  the battery charging area, and the shipping/receiving area were not marked and/or not mounted and readily accessible for employee use.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:  Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to smoke and fire hazards while working in the warehouse when the employer did not instruct employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards of fire and portable fire extinguisher use.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $12,195 · Current $9,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:    On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to electrical shock hazards while operating fans and computers attached to flexible cords that were used as fixed wiring in the Zone B and mezzanine areas of the warehouse.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(B): Flexible cords and/or cables were run through holes in walls, ceilings, or floors:  On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:  Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to electrical shock hazards while using fans and computers attached to flexible cords that were run through holes in the metal floor grates of the mezzanine area in the warehouse.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(D): Flexible cords were attached to building surfaces:  On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:  Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to electrical shock hazards while working in the Zone B, and mezzanine areas of the warehouse when the employer attached flexible electrical cords with tie straps to metal storage racks that are mounted to the floors and walls of the building.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $9,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work using a variety of chemical products which include but are not limited to motor oil, engine coolant, anti-freeze, and battery acid (sulfuric acid).  The employer did not develop and implement a written program to inform employees how to recognize and minimize chemical hazards.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:  Employees performing warehouse work were using chemicals which include but are not limited to windshield wiper fluid, motor oil, engine coolant, and sulfuric acids from forklift and automotive batteries.  The employer did instruct employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards of working with those chemicals.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $71,137 · Current $36,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): Section5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to a struck-by hazards:    On or about June 5, 2018, in the warehouse at the Zone Y, shipping and receiving, and Zone A storage rack areas at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work were exposed to struck-by hazards from the storage rack system supports and shelves being visibly damaged and still loaded with palletized automobile parts and materials.     Parts Authority was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1205696, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on March 27, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,240 · Current $4,700 Reduced

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:    On or about June 5, 2018, at 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:    Employees performing warehouse work were working with chemicals which include but are not limited to motor oil, engine coolant, anti-freeze, and battery acid (sulfuric acid).  The employer did not maintain safety data sheets on the jobsite to inform employees how to recognize and minimize those chemical hazards.     Parts Authority was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1263275, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on October 30, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 1601 Bronxdale Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10462.

Issued

Dec 4, 2018

Abate by

Jan 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  On or about June 5, 2018, at Parts Authority 5944 Peachtree Corners East, Norcross, Georgia:  Employees performing warehouse activities were wearing 3M N-95 type respirators.  The employer did not provide information such as that contained in Appendix D of the OSHA respirator standard to instruct employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards associated with voluntary respirator use.