OSHA Inspection: AA LINEN SERVICES CORP

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,388 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii): Each employee was not protected from tripping into or stepping into or through any hole that was less than 4 feet (1.2 m) above a lower level by covers or guardrail systems:    On or about 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157, employees to tripping and stepping into hazards, were permitted to walk and work near and around a floor hole which had a non-secured and improperly sized cover.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,049 · Current $2,834 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:    On or about 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157, the employer did not establish an energy control program, resulting in the exposure of employees to a caught by hazard while performing servicing activities of commercial ironing and folding machines, specifically removal of tablecloths and/or napkins stuck between rollers, bands and parts replacement, etc.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,041 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157. Employees using hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to a corrosive (i.e. Super Fast Industrial Degreaser with a pH of 12.5, Super Brite II) for cleaning and/or washing were not provided with an eyewash, exposing employees to a chemical hazard.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,041 Reduced

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:     On or about 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157. The employer had not developed and/or implemented a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals, including, but not limited to a corrosive (i.e. Super Fast Industrial Degreaser with a pH of 12.5, Super Brite II) used for cleaning and/or washing.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,041 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 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service LLC located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157.  The employer did not have a safety data sheet for hazardous chemicals, a corrosive used by employees (i.e. Super Fast Industrial Degreaser with a pH of 12.5, Super Brite II) for cleaning and/or washing.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,041 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h): Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and -2 on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced in:     On or about 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service LLC Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157. Employees exposed to hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, a corrosive used for cleaning and/or washing (i.e. Super Fast Industrial Degreaser, Super Brite II) without being effectively trained as evidenced by, among other conditions; employees lacked knowledge of the meaning for pictograms; employees lacked knowledge of availability and location of safety data sheets; employee lacked knowledge of location and availability of hazard communication program.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $578 · Current $347 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.       On or about 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157.  An OSHA Form 300 for calendar year 2019 was not kept for recording a lost time work related injury that took place on 9/21/2019, when an employee got her left arm caught in between rollers of a folding machine.   Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

Feb 26, 2020

Abate by

Apr 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,735 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours:    On or about 10/1/2019, at AA Linen Service Corp. located at 8950 SW 110th Ave, Miami, FL 33157.  The employer did not report that an employee was hospitalized on 9/21/2019, when employee got her left arm caught between rollers of a commercial folding machine.