OSHA Inspection: TEXAS REPUBLIC SIGNS, LLC

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Abate by

Oct 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,687 · Current $4,687

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.    (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that a written Hazard Communication program was not developed and implemented for employees that used oxygen and acetylene for welding tasks.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Abate by

Oct 6, 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:   (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that employees did not have a safety data sheet where oxygen and acetylene were used for welding tasks.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Abate by

Oct 6, 2023

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:   (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that employees were not trained in Hazard Communication where employees used hazardous chemicals including oxygen and acetylene for welding tasks.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,313 · Current $5,313

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that employees did not wear a hardhat where metal parts were lifted by a crane for a new sign being installed approximately 50 feet overhead.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Abate by

Aug 31, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,250 · Current $6,250

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed an employee to a fall hazard, in that an employee was allowed to stand on the top of a McDonald's sign approximately 10-feet above the ground.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,250 · Current $6,250

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed an employee to a fall hazard, in that an employee was allowed to use a ladder that was not extended 3 feet over the landing to access a 10-foot McDonald's sign.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or step of a stepladder was used as a step:   (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed an employee to a fall hazard, in that an employee stood on the top of a step ladder to access a 10-foot McDonald's sign.

Issued

Aug 21, 2023

Abate by

Oct 6, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:   (a)  McDonald's parking area near the large overhead sign: On or about April 25, 2023, the employer exposed an employee to a fall hazard, in that the employer did not provide a training program for each employee that used ladders to recognize hazards related to ladders.