OSHA Inspection: GALLITO WELDER ORL. LLC

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $11,934 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    203 W Taft Vineland Rd. - Employees in the process of maintenance activities on dump trucks and/or similar trailers are exposed to struck by hazards, in that, the employer does not have an established lock out tag out program, observed on or about 04/08/2019.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,137 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    203 W Taft Vineland Rd. - Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards, in that, the employer did not certify that employees were trained and evaluated to operate the Hyster powered industrial truck model H40J, serial number F003D02924E, observed on or about April 10, 2019.[

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii): Inside of buildings, cylinders shall be stored in a well-protected, well-ventilated, dry location, at least 20 (6.1 m) feet from highly combustible materials such as oil or excelsior. Cylinders should be stored in definitely assigned places away from elevators, stairs, or gangways. Assigned storage spaces shall be located where cylinders will not be knocked over or damaged by passing or falling objects, or subject to tampering by unauthorized persons. Cylinders shall not be kept in unventilated enclosures such as lockers and cupboards:    203 W. Taft Vineland Rd. - Employees wee exposed to struck-by hazards, in that, compressed gas cylinders were stored in an unventilated 40 foot shipping container and oxygen and acetylene compressed gas cylinders were not secured from falling, observed on or about April 10, 2019.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinders were designed to accept caps, were not always in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders were in use or connected for use:   a) 203 W. Taft Vineland Rd. - Employees were expose to struck-by hazards, in that compressed gas cylinders stored in the unventilated 40 foot shipping container did not have valve protection caps in place, observed on or about April 10, 2019.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:  203 W. Taft Vineland Rd. - Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards, in that, oxygen and acetylene compressed gas cylinders were stored together, observed on or about April 10, 2019.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.254(d)(9)(iii): Cables with damaged insulation or exposed bare conductors were not replaced:    a) At the site - Employees were exposed to an electrical contact hazard when using the Miller Diesel Bobcat 250 Welder Generator, serial # LH280101H - Cables utilized were not removed from service when damaged, oserved on or about April 10, 2019.    b) At the site - Employees were exposed to an electrical contact hazard when using the Miller Electric Big Blue 300 Pro Welder Generator, serial # 907242-01-2 - Cables utilized were not removed from service when damaged, observed on or about April 10, 2019.    c) At the site - Employees were exposed to an electrical contact hazard when using the Lincoln Electric Ranger 225 Welder Generator, serial # U1130507514 - Cables utilized were not removed from service when damaged, observed on or about April 10, 2019.    d) At the site - Employees were exposed to an electrical contact hazard when using the Miller Trailblazer 302 Pro Series Welder Generator, serial # LG097042 - Cables utilized were not removed from service when damaged, observed on or about April 10, 2019.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:    (a) The employer did not report the death of an employee on April 8, 2019 within 8 hours.