OSHA Inspection: ALL STEEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8096.00 · Current $4858.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level:  At the east exit door adjacent to truck Lane, the employer did not ensure the exit route was free and unobstructed. This condition created delay in exiting the building in an emergency, and  trip and fall hazards in a fire.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":  At the shop, exit doors were not clearly visible and marked as "Exit" doors:  Instance a) At six exit doors, employees working in the shop were exposed to fire hazards caused by exit doors that were not clearly marked.  Instance b) At the shop on the north exterior wall, employees working in the shop were exposed to fire hazards caused by a door along an access route that was not identified by a sign that indicated its actual use e.g. exit.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 be distinctive in color:  At the south shop entrance, the exit sign is not properly affixed to the structure and is inoperable.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $5668.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(d): Flammable liquids were not drawn from or transferred into vessels, containers, or portable tanks within a building only through a closed piping system, from safety cans, by means of a device drawing through the top, or from a container or portable tanks by gravity through an approved self-closing valve:    In the shop, employees were dispensing P-1400, a flammable liquid, into smaller containers from 55-gallon drums that were not equipped with self-closing valves, exposing employees to an explosion hazard.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), were dispensed into containers without the nozzle and container being electrically interconnected:  In the shop, where the employer did not ensure that 55-gallon drums of flammable liquids and gases including but not limited to Propylene, B50AZ6 primer, B50AV11 primer and P-1400 thinner were effectively bonded and grounded prior to employees dispensing to prevent discharge of sparks or static electricity.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $5668.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(h)(4): Hook(s) were missing latches were there was a hole to accept a latch:   In the Shop, employees operated seven Shaw-Box 5-Ton Bridge Cranes by handheld pendants, that lacked safety or throat latches on their hoisting hooks.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6747.00 · Current $4048.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(iii)(d): Pendant control stations were not kept clean, and/or their function labels were not kept legible:   At the shop, the employer had an 8 push button pendant control for the Shaw-box 5-ton Bridge crane that was not clearly labeled for all of the functions of the crane.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $5668.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  In the shop, the employer did not ensure unused portion of the Hyd-Mech horizontal bandsaw blade was equipped with adequate guarding.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  At the shop, fire extinguishers were not readily accessible:  Instance a:  On the west wall, the fire extinguisher was obstructed by flammable liquids.  Instance b:  On the east wall, the fire extinguisher was obstructed by heavy pieces of dunnage (lumber).

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(e)(3)(ii): Records of the most recent month in which each alloy steel chain sling was thoroughly inspected were not available for examination:    In the shop, the employer did not keep a record of chain sling inspections for 5-ton Shaw-box under-carriage bridge cranes.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.184(e)(4): Certificate(s) of proof test were not available for new, repaired or reconditioned alloy steel chain slings:      In the shop, the employer did not ensure that each alloy steel sling for each of the eight 5-ton bridge cranes were proof tested.

Issued

2020-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:  At the shop, the employer did not ensure an open working space was provided around enclosed live parts for inspection or servicing purposes.