OSHA Inspection: ABC SUPPLY CO. INC.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $9,103 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b):  The storage of material shall not created a hazard. Items such as bags, containers, bundles, etc., were not stored in tiers and stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they were stable and secure against sliding or collapse:  (a)  Upper Warehouse located at 1262 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas employee(s) working / walking in front of the east wall where steel storage racks had not been periodically inspected for corrosion, structural damage, or overloading.  Column leg 2 on the east wall storage rack was severely bent with pallets of materials still in the storage racks, thus exposing employee(s) to struck-by / crushing hazards.  (b)  Upper Warehouse located at 1262 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas employee(s) working / walking in front of the east wall where steel storage racks had not been periodically inspected for corrosion, structural damage, or overloading.  Column leg 3 on the east wall storage rack was severely bent with pallets of materials still in the storage racks, thus exposing employee(s) to struck-by / crushing hazards.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,055 · Current $6,080 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating  at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i):  (a)  Employee(s) having access to a 480 volt receptacle box on the east wall of the upper warehouse located at 1262 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, Kansas were exposed to electrical hazards due to exposed wiring  exiting the receptacle box, not being guarded to prevent accidental contact with energized conductors.  (b)  Employee(s) working /  walking near a junction box along the east wall in the upper warehouse located at 1262 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, Kansas were exposed to electrical hazards due to no cover being provided for a junction box containing energized wiring to prevent accidental contact with energized conductors.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $8,842 · Current $4,863 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5):   The paths to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures were not permanent, continuous, and effective:  Employee(s) using a yellow extension cord plugged into the left side of a receptacle box attached to the GE breaker box on the northwest corner of the lower warehouse located at 1262 Southwest Blvd, Kansa City, Kansas were exposed to electrical hazard due to no grounding pin on the plug end of the extension cord.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Abate by

Feb 18, 2025

Penalty

Initial $8,842 · Current $4,863 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii):   Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  (a)  Employee(s) operating the Dayton floor fan along the west wall of the lower warehouse located at 1362 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, Kansas were exposed to electrical hazards due to no strain relief being provided for the plug end of the power cord, thus exposing live conductors.  (b)  Employee(s) operating an orange extension cord in the lower warehouse located at 1362 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, Kansas were exposed to electrical hazards due to no strain relief being provided for the plug end of the extension cord, thus exposing live conductors.

Issued

Jan 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $65,027 · Current $35,765 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(b)(8)(i):  Electrical equipment was not firmly secured to the surface on which it was mounted:  A 480 volt receptacle box on the east wall of the upper warehouse was being suspended by electrical wiring  located at 1262 Southwest Blvd, Kansas City, Kansas exposed employees to electrical hazards due to the receptacle box no longer being secured to the structure.  The (employer name) was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (name previously cited standard), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1457932, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on February 12, 2020), with respect to a workplace located at 2035 E 66th Ave., Denver, Colorado.