OSHA Inspection: THE KITCHEN & COUNTERTOP CENTER OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC

Issued

2025-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $837.00 · Current $837.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated.  (a) Establishment:  As of March 31, 2025, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 1, Items 1 and 2 from inspection number 1769494, issued on 11/20/2024, with a final order date of 12/18/2024.

Issued

2025-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) Establishment:  As of March 31, 2025, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 1, Items 1 and 2 from inspection number 1769494, issued on 11/20/2024, with a final order date of 12/18/2024.

Issued

2024-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10163.00 · Current $10163.00

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment that was free from recognized hazards that were causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to serious crushing type injuries while operating powered industrial trucks without being required at all times to wear the protective operator restraint systems provided on the powered industrial trucks.   a) Stone Yard: On or about August 19, 2024, the employer did not ensure that the powered industrial truck operators operating the Holzman Model H-1000 were using the operator restraint system/seatbelts.  Employees were operating a Holzman Model H-1000 powered industrial truck in the Stone Yard area moving stones with the operator restraint system wrapped around the seat and buckled; exposing them to an increased risk of injury in the event of a lift truck accident and/or tip over due to the employer's failure to uniformly and consistently enforce the requirement that lift truck operators always wear their seat belts while operating the lift trucks. Recognition of the hazard of powered industrial truck rollover-type accidents and the need for the use of an operator restraint system is evidenced by certain requirements in the National Consensus Standards ASME/ANSI B56.1-2000 consensus standard for powered industrial trucks; the ASME B56.1-1993, ASME/ANSI B56.1a-2001 Addenda to ASME/ANSI B56.1-2000; the lift truck operating manual; signage on the lift truck itself.

Issued

2024-11-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7260.00 · Current $7260.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  a) Production Area: On or about August 19, 2024, employees were exposed to caught-in hazards when performing servicing or maintenance on equipment such as, but not limited to, the wet saw without the employer establishing a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections.

Issued

2024-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8712.00 · Current $8712.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(m)(5)(i): When a powered industrial truck was left unattended, load engaging means were not fully lowered, controls were not neutralized, power was not shut off, and brakes were not set.  a) Stone Yard: On or about August 19, 2024, a powered industrial truck, Daewoo Model G25S-2, did not have the load engaging means fully lowered to the ground when left unattended.  b) Stone Yard: On or about August 19, 2024, a powered industrial truck, Holzman Model H-1000, did not have the load engaging means fully lowered to the ground when left unattended.