OSHA Inspection: FACTORY DIRECT WHOLESALE, LLC

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

May 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,469 · Current $8,508 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit routes were not kept free and unobstructed.  Materials or equipment were placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to maintain free and unobstructed routes to exit the facility by allowing rubbish and equipment to be stacked in six exit routes.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

May 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4):  Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to post signs indicating direction of travel to the nearest exit for employees who worked inside the building.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

May 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $7,293 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(a):  Where mechanical handling equipment was used, sufficient safe clearances were not allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways or wherever turns or passage had to be made:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure employees working throughout the building were protected from powered industrial truck traffic by having designated lanes of travel, free from pedestrian traffic.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

May 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,469 · Current $8,508 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to crushed-by and struck-by hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure that materials stacked in tiers were stacked, blocked, and/or interlocked while employees worked inside the building.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

May 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.176(c): Storage areas were not kept free from accumulation of materials that constituted hazards from tripping, fire, explosion or pest harborage:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to tripping and entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure materials stacked in aisleways did not block aisleways for employees who worked inside the building.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $26,520 · Current $14,586 Reduced

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):  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that the employer did not certify each powered industrial truck operator had been trained and evaluated in the operation of powered industrial trucks.  Factory Direct Wholesale, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1416226, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on (date), with respect to a workplace located at 2855 N. Berkeley Lake Road NW, Duluth, GA ,30096.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $1,240 · Current $682 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(6):  The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph (l) through a certification that included the name of the operator, the date of the training, that date of evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that the employer did not certify each powered industrial truck operator had been trained and evaluated in the operation of powered industrial trucks.

Issued

Apr 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4):  Industrial truck driver(s) were not required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and wherever vision was obstructed:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 503 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd, #200, Savannah, GA 31407, on or about October 24, 2022, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that employees were permitted to operate powered industrial trucks without sounding the horn when going around corners and in traveling in other areas of the warehouse where vision was obstructed by product and cross aisles.