OSHA Inspection: TONSA AUTOMOTIVE INC

Issued

Oct 28, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $6,212 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.  a) 6 Willow St, Moonachie, NJ 07074: The employer failed to ensure exit routes must were free and unobstructed. The exit door was blocked by a pallet of automotive batteries which prevented employees from using the door to exit the building in the event of an emergency, on or about June 1, 2021.

Issued

Oct 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $6,827 · Current $4,438 Reduced

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) 6 Willow St, Moonachie, NJ 07074: Employees are exposed to battery acid while handling and storing automotive batteries. The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated on or about June 1, 2021.

Issued

Oct 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $6,212 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).  a) 6 Willow St, Moonachie, NJ 07074: The employer did not ensure that employees operating an electric power industrial vehicle  were trained, on or about June 1, 2021.

Issued

Oct 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,550 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(b)(1): This section requires chemical manufacturers or importers to classify the hazards of chemicals which they produce or import, and all employers to provide information to their employees about the hazardous chemicals to which they are exposed, by means of a hazard communication program, labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and information and training. In addition, this section requires distributors to transmit the required information to employers. (Employers who do not produce or import chemicals need only focus on those parts of this rule that deal with establishing a workplace program and communicating information to their workers.)  a) 6 Willow St, Moonachie, NJ 07074: Employees are exposed to battery acid while handling and storing automotive batteries. The employer did not provide information to their employees about the hazardous chemicals to which they are exposed, by means of a hazard communication program, labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and information and training on or around June 1, 2021.

Issued

Oct 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,550 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, and which also includes the following:  a) 6 Willow St, Moonachie, NJ 07074: Employees are exposed to battery acid while handling and storing automotive batteries. The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program on or about 1 June, 2021.