OSHA Inspection: VALIANT CARBONDALE LLC DBA UNIVERSITY INN

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $1,492 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge.  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer failed to ensure that the exit door in the back of the laundry room on the first floor was able to be opened without the use of a key or special knowledge.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer failed to ensure that the six (6) electrical panels, located in the laundry room on the first floor, had sufficient access and working space around it.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by this standard, live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more shall be guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the following means:     (A): By location in a room, vault, or similar enclosure that is accessible only to qualified persons.     (B): By suitable permanent, substantial partitions or screens so arranged so that only qualified persons will have access to the space within reach of the live parts. Any openings in such partitions or screens shall be so sized and located that persons are not likely to come into accidental contact with the live parts or to bring conducting objects into contact with them.     (C): By placement on a suitable balcony, gallery, or platform so elevated and otherwise located as to prevent access by unqualified persons; or     (D): By elevation of 2.44 m (8.0 ft) or more above the floor or other working surface.  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer failed ensure energized electric wires coming out of the ceiling, powering the light fixture in the laundry room on the first floor, were guarded against accidental contact.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:   On or about 11/22/2022, the employer failed to ensure that three (3) electrical panels did not have any openings or gaps.  In the laundry room on the first floor, three (3) electrical panels had unused circuit breaker openings, exposing energized wires and energized bus bar.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(c)(1)(i): The employer having employee(s) with occupational exposure did not establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure for employees who are occupationally exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials during the course of cleaning hotel rooms.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1030(f)(1)(i):The employer did not make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure:  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not make the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series available to all employees who are occupationally exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials during the course of cleaning hotel rooms.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i): The employer did not train each employee with occupational exposure in accordance with the requirements of this section:  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not ensure that training was provided to each employee with occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $1,492 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the 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, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:   On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees who were occupationally exposed to hazardous chemicals on a routine basis including, but not limited to bleach, furniture polish, laundry detergent, and Pine-Sol.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6):  Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with either the information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers or, product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provided at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, provided employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:   On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not ensure that generic white spray bottles of hazardous chemicals were labeled, tagged, or marked with the information required.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

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:  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets (SDS) were available to employees who were exposed to hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, bleach and Toilet Bowl Cleaner.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into their work area:  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not provide effective information and training to employees 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.

Issued

Jan 12, 2023

Abate by

Feb 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  On or about 11/22/2022, the employer did not ensure that breakers in the electrical panels, located in the laundry room, were labeled so employees knew their use.