OSHA Inspection: ACME DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, INC.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Abate by

Jun 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,641 · Current $7,981 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees exposed to struck-by hazards:  a) WH1 Charging station: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from damaged metal racks used for storing and utilizing battery chargers.  b) Cigarettes WH Charging station: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from damaged metal racks used for storing and utilizing battery chargers.  c) WH11 Charging Station: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from damaged metal racks used for storing and utilizing battery chargers.  d) P31 Warehouse: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from damaged metal racks used for storing and utilizing battery chargers.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Abate by

Jun 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $12,768 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:   a) Warehouse Restrooms: On or about January 06, 2025, the employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to chemical hazards while cleaning with chemicals such as but not limited to Sodium sulfate (Kleen Brite).

Issued

May 7, 2025

Abate by

Jun 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses:  a) On or about January 06, 2025, employees tasked with adding water to the company's forklift batteries were not protected from chemical splash hazards. Appropriate eye and/or face protection was not readily available for employees who wear prescription eye glasses.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,641 · Current $7,981 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  a) WH1 Charging Station: On or about January 06, 2025, the employer did not ensure that suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing were available to employee's working with caustic and corrosive chemicals at the forklift battery station exposing employees to chemical skin and eye burns.     b) Cigarettes WH Charging Station: On or about January 06, 2025, the employer did not ensure that suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing were available to employee's working with caustic and corrosive chemicals at the forklift battery station exposing employees to chemical skin and eye burns.     c) P31 Warehouse: On or about and at times prior to January 06, 2025, the employer did not ensure that suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing were available to employee's while working with, but not limited to, 3DT098 Corrosion Inhibitor, that were being stored and shipped.  This condition exposed employees to chemical burns to the eyes and skin.  d) Warehouse Bathrooms: On or about January 06, 2025, the employer did not ensure that suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing were available to employee's working with caustic and corrosive chemicals such as but not limited to Sodium sulfate (Kleen Brite) exposing employees to chemical skin and eye burns.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Abate by

Jun 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,384 · Current $4,788 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):  a) WH1: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to crushing hazards due to the employer failing to remove the Crown Electric Forklift #128 (Model RC5540-40TT208 Serial #1A330106) from service when the tires were found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe.  b) Cigarettes WH Charging station: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to crushing hazards due to the employer failing to remove the Crown Forklift #121 (Model RC5540-40 Serial #1A349443) from service when the tires were found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe.  c) WH1: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards due to the employer failing to remove the Crown Electric Forklift #128 (Model RC5540-40TT208 Serial #1A330106) from service when the battery had exposed copper wiring on the red lead cable.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $8,511 · Current $6,383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  a) WH11 Forklift shop: On or about January 06, 2025, guarding to prevent contact with the rotating drill bit and to protect the operator and other in the immediate vicinity from potential struck by hazards from flying chips and sparks was not affixed to the company's Blue-Point 16' Drill Press (Serial # 137326).

Issued

May 7, 2025

Abate by

Jun 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,384 · Current $4,788 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:  a) WH1: On or about January 06, 2025, the employer failed to remove storage materials including, but not limited to, pallets, heavy duty mobile batteries, and cardboard from in front of the electrical breaker panels powering the charging station, lighting, and shrink wrap machines.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(B): Flexible cords and/or cables were run through holes in walls, ceilings, or floors:  a) WH1 golf cart charging station: On or about January 06, 2025, flexible cords and cables were not protected from accidental damage, that might be caused by sharp corners, projections, doorways or other pinch points. The flexible (electrical) cable was running up and over the wall adjacent to the charging station, exposing employees to shock hazards.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $10,641 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.303(b)(1):  Electrical equipment was not free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:  a) WH11, Forklift Shop: On or about January 06, 2025, the employer did not ensure that employees who used the Autoequip (20,000 lbs. Hydraulic Lift Model # R75293AL841) when servicing the company's forklifts were protected from crushing hazards. The electrical lines connecting the hydraulic lift to the safety switch and the hoist controller were damaged.

Issued

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:  a) Cigarettes WH: On or about January 06, 2025, employees were exposed to entrapment hazards while working in and around exit routes that were not free of obstruction.