OSHA Inspection: AJR LANDSCAPING INC.

Issued

Jun 10, 2019

Abate by

Sep 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,558 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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, when employees riding in an enclosed utility trailer were exposed to struck-by hazards:    a) Job site at Pond Drive, Washington Township, NJ: Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when they were transported to the jobsite in the company trailer which was not designed or intended for passenger use, on or about 12/11/2018.

Issued

Jun 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,535 Reduced

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.  a) Job site at Pond Drive, Washington Township, NJ 07676: When a portable fire extinguisher was provided in the company landscaping trailer for employees to use, portable fire extinguisher training was not provided for the employees, on or about 12/11/18.

Issued

Jun 10, 2019

Abate by

Sep 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,580 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employees were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 ppm:      a) Job site at Pond Drive, Washington Township, NJ: Employees riding to the jobsite in an enclosed landscaping trailer were exposed to carbon monoxide from the exhaust generated by a running gasoline powered lawn mower inside the trailer.  The employees carbon monoxide exposure level was determined to be 410 ppm as an 8-Hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), 8.2 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ppm, on or about 12/11/2018.

Issued

Jun 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,558 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

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) Job site at Pond Drive, Washington Township, NJ 07676: A written Hazard Communication Program was not maintained at the workplace where employees worked with hazardous chemicals including Gasoline, on or about 12/11/18.

Issued

Jun 10, 2019

Abate by

Sep 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,558 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    a) Job site at Pond Drive, Washington Township, NJ 07676: The employer did not have a safety data sheet (SDS) for Gasoline used by the employees at the workplace, on or about 12/11/18.

Issued

Jun 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,558 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

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:   a) Job site at Pond Drive, Washington Township, NJ 07676: Effective information and training was not provided to the employees when they worked with hazardous chemicals, including Gasoline and were exposed to hazardous combustion by-products, including Carbon Monoxide, generated from the burning Gasoline, on or about 12/11/18.