OSHA Inspection: POMEROY BUILDING SUPPLY, LLC

Issued

2020-01-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2621.00 · Current $1835.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).  On or about December 17, 2019, the employer did not ensure that employees successfully completed the required training prior to allowing them to operate the Hyster60 forklift in the yard.

Issued

2020-01-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1966.00 · Current $1376.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.  On or about December 17, 2019, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program when employees worked with chemicals such as but not limited to, propane.

Issued

2020-01-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.  On or about December 17, 2019, the employer did not have a safety data sheet for hazardous chemicals used at the facility, such as but not limited to, propane.

Issued

2020-01-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  On or before December 17, 2019, training and information on hazardous chemicals was not provided to all employees that worked with chemicals such as but not limited to, propane.

Issued

2020-01-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $656.00 · Current $459.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): Basic requirement. Each employer required by this Part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness.   Located at Pomeroy Building Supply, DBA Dettwiller Lumber, in Pomeroy, OH:  On or about December 17, 2019, the employer did not record an injury on the 2019 OSHA 300 log. On or about December 6, 2019, an employee sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns to their backside from a propane heater.

Issued

2020-01-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3278.00 · Current $2295.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.  a. The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization of an employee within 24 hours of receiving knowledge of the hospitalization. On or about December 6, 2019 an employee was hospitalized after sustaining severe burns to their back side.