OSHA Inspection: SPOTLIGHT 29 CASINO

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4916.00 · Current $3441.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  Shipping/Receiving Department: Employees use the Crown WP 3000 Series electric pallet jacks to unload trucks and move product throughout the dock area. Employee(s) add water to the batteries without wearing eye protection. Employees were exposed to corrosive injuries.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4916.00 · Current $3441.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  Facilities/Engineering Area: Employee(s) use tight-fitting, half mask respirators while performing painting/staining operations. A respiratory protection program was not developed and implemented to protect the users from physiological stressors brought on by respirator use.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  Facilities/Engineering Area: Employee(s) voluntarily use tight-fitting, half mask respirators while performing painting/staining operations. Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 was not provided to respirator users.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4916.00 · Current $3441.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.  Shipping/Receiving Department: Employees use the Crown WP 3000 Series electric pallet jacks to unload trucks and move product throughout the dock area. The training program consisted of  hands-on instruction only. A method of formal instruction was not provided to operators. Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from improper training on the equipment.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  Shipping/Receiving Department: Employees use the Crown WP 3000 Series electric pallet jacks to unload trucks and move product throughout the dock area. Employees are provided a hands-on instruction upon initial hire; a re-evaluation was not provided at least every 3 years after. Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from improper training on the equipment.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4916.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(1): Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not used with safety guard(s).    Facilities/Engineering: Employees used the Dayton 8-inch bench grinder, without a tongue guard on the right abrasive wheel, for metal fabrication operations. Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4178.00 · Current $2925.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  Housekeeping closet: An energized electrical outlet was identified missing a cover plate adjacent to where employees fill and/or retrieve cleaning products. Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1639.00 · Current $1147.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.8(a): Employees who were exposed to a work-related needlestick injury had their names entered on the OSHA 300 Log:   Spotlight 29 Casino Women's Restroom: On or about July 15, 2019, an employee sustained a needlestick injury while performing cleaning duties. The employee's name was entered on the OSHA 300 Log.

Issued

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i): The employer did not establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps:  Spotlight 29 Casino Women's Restroom: On or about July 15, 2019, an employee sustained a needlestick injury while performing cleaning duties. The OSHA 300 Log was used in lieu of a sharps injury log.