OSHA Inspection: STRADER'S GARDEN CENTERS, INC.

Issued

Apr 8, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,193 · Current $5,735 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).   a. On and/or before February 27, 2020, the employer did not provide an employee with powered industrial truck training and an evaluation prior to permitting the employee to operate the gasoline powered Toyota Forklift Truck (model: 7FGU25; S/N: 70227).

Issued

Apr 8, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.    a. On and/or before February 27, 2020, the employer did not have a completed certification for at least one employee certifying that the employee had been evaluated as required by this paragraph (l) on the Toyota Forklift Truck (model: 7FGU25; S/N: 70227).

Issued

Apr 8, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.   a. On and/or before February 27, 2020, throughout the facility, the employer did not verify that the personal protective equipment hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification for workplace hazards.

Issued

Apr 8, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)   a. On and/or before February 27, 2020, at the workplace, the employer did not maintain copies of safety data sheets (SDS) for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, the following: Spartan Clean by Peroxy; Spartan Fast & Easy Hard Surface & glass Cleaner; NABC Non-Acid Disinfectant Bathroom Cleaner; Hi Test Power Met H.P.; gasoline; fertilizer; fungicides; insecticides/pesticides; weed killer; and/or other chemicals.

Issued

Apr 8, 2020

Abate by

May 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.   a. On and/or before February 27, 2020, at the workplace, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, the following: Spartan Clean by Peroxy; Spartan Fast & Easy Hard Surface & glass Cleaner; NABC Non-Acid Disinfectant Bathroom Cleaner; Hi Test Power Met H.P.; gasoline; fertilizer; fungicides; insecticides/pesticides; weed killer; and/or other chemicals.