OSHA Inspection: PETSMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Issued

2023-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8929.00 · Current $8000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.134(c)(2)(i)  An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"); and  On or about April 19, 2023, the employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees working in the Fish DC required to wear respiratory protection, including filtering facepiece 3M N95 Particulate Respirator (8210) exposing them to potential health hazards and respiratory illnesses.   Corrected during inspection.

Issued

2023-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8929.00 · Current $8000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(f)(2): Services, feeders, and branch circuits. Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, shall be legibly marked to indicate its purpose, unless located and arranged so the purpose is evident.  On or about March 16, 2023, the employer did not ensure each branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was legibly marked or identified within electrical panels.  The following instances were observed: (a) Circuits inside 120/208 V Panel RPP-1A had multiple circuits within that were not labeled.  (b) Circuits inside 120/208 V Panel RPP-1B had multiple circuits within that were not labeled.  (c) A 120/208 V electrical panel in the Fish DC next to Panel P-3 was not labeled and the circuits within were not labeled. . Employees are not able to identify energy source(s) while performing lock out tag out, exposing them to electrical shock hazards and injuries.   Corrected during inspection.

Issued

2023-08-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-09-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $8000.00

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.  On or about June 29, 2023, the employer did not provide employees working in the Fish DC with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals. Employees were working with chemicals such as Formalin-B and Malachite Green and did not know the potential hazards associated with exposure to these chemicals  as well as others they worked with daily. Employees are exposed to injury and illness such as, but not limited to, chemical burns, organ tissue damage, and respiratory hazards while working with the chemicals in the Fish DC with no training on the hazards associated with each chemical and did not know what to do in the event of an exposure.  Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).