OSHA Inspection: OSSEO FORD SALES & SERVICE, INC.

Issued

2025-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8441.00 · Current $5909.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(3): The employer did not ensure that walking-working surfaces are maintained free of hazards such as sharp or protruding objects, loose boards, corrosion, leaks, spills, snow, and ice.  (a) Quick Lane Pit; On or about January 30, 2025, and dates prior, the walking and working surfaces of the pit work platforms and staircases exhibited extensive corrosion, with multiple floor sections observed to be deformed and broken from decay.

Issued

2025-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(2): The employer did not ensure that hazardous conditions on walking-working surfaces were corrected or repaired before an employee used the walking-working surface again; and/or the employer did not ensure that if the correction or repair cannot be made immediately, the hazard was guarded to prevent employees from using the walking-working surface until the hazard was corrected or repaired.  (a) Quick Lane Pit; On or about January 30, 2025, and dates prior, after discovering a step of the staircase for a work platform was breaking apart from the frame, the employer did not prevent employees from using the staircase until a repair of the step was completed.

Issued

2025-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.25(b)(3): The employer did not ensure that stairs have uniform riser heights and tread depths between landings.  (a) Quick Lane Pit; On or about January 30, 2025, and dates prior, a tread on the east work platform staircase was sagging as a result of partial structural failure, where the side connections had partially detached from the main stair frame.

Issued

2025-05-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each employee was protected from tripping into or stepping into or through any hole that is less than 4 feet (1.2 m) above a lower level by covers or guardrail systems.  (a) Quick Lane Pit; On or about January 30, 2025, and dates prior, the staircase for the west work platform had a hole in the upper landing section due to structural failure of the grate.