OSHA Inspection: S & W WILSON INC.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(1):The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231: 	 On or about January 26, 2022, employees used refrigerants 134a and 404a to fill into fish tank cooling system. The employer did not assess the refrigerants to determine the necessity to use personal protective equipment.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,252 · Current $7,252

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(2)(ii): The employer's energy control program did not utilize lockout when energy isolating devices were capable of being locked out. The employer did not demonstrate that it can successfully comply with 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(3).  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231: 	 On or about January 26, 2022, employer's lockout-tagout program did not utilize lockout when machines were capable of being locked out at the breaker panel.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)(D): Lockout devices and tagout devices did not indicate the identity of the employee applying the device(s).  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231: 	 On or about January 26, 2022, tagout devices used did not indicate the identity of the employee applying the devices.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $10,151

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not 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).  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231: 	 On or about January 26, 2022, employer did not ensure that employees were competent to operate a forklift safely. Employees required to operate a forklift at the facility were not trained and were not evaluated as per 29 CFR 1910.178(l).

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,252 · Current $7,252

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel.  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231: 	 On or about January 26, 2022, employees used an abrasive wheel grinder without a tongue guard.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met. As reference in 29 CFR 1926.59.  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231:  On or about January 26, 2022, employees fill fish tank cooling systems with refrigerants 134A and 404A using a pressure system.  The employer did not implement a written hazard communication program.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use. As reference in 29 CFR 1926.59.  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231:  On or about January 26, 2022, employees fill fish tank cooling systems with refrigerants 134A and 404A using a pressure system. The employer did not have safety data sheets (SDS) for all the hazardous chemicals used at the site.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Abate by

Jul 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area. As reference in 29 CFR 1926.59.  Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231:  On or about January 26, 2022, employees fill fish tank cooling systems with refrigerants 134A and 404A using a pressure system and were exposed to chemical hazards. The employer did not provide training on the hazards associated to the chemicals used at the site.

Issued

Jul 8, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,252 · Current $7,252

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.   Location: a) At 100 West 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231:  Employer did not report the hospitalization of an employee to OSHA within twenty four hours. On or about January 13, 2022.