OSHA Inspection: MEE WON INC

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $1986.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).  Warehouse: Two employees were not trained or certified to operate the two onsite forklifts.  Employees were exposed to crushed by hazards.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3015.00 · Current $2111.00 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) Back of operational warehouse by plasma cutter: An electrical panel box was uncovered and there was no dead front installed, exposing live wire.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards.  B) Employee Break Area:  An electrical box was uncovered and there was no dead front installed, exposing live wire.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards.  C) Storage Warehouse, back wall: An electrical box was uncovered and there was live wire exposed.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(a)(2)(iv)(B): Conductors shall be run as multiconductor cord or cable assemblies. However, if installed as permitted in paragraph (a)(2)(i)(C) of this section, and if accessible only to qualified persons, feeders may be run as single insulated conductors.   A) Back of operational warehouse by plasma cutter: conductors were not sealed in conduit.  Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards.  B) Employee Break Area: conductors were not sealed in conduit.  Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards.  C) Storage Warehouse, back wall: conductors were not sealed in conduit.  Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:  Warehouse storing oil pallets: The emergency exit door was blocked by boxes of tiles.  Employees were exposed to fire hazards, including smoke inhalation and burns.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.101(b): The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks were not in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in CFR 1910.6: Compressed gas cylinder(s) were not properly supported to prevent them from being knocked over:  In the middle of the operational warehouse, two gas cylinders, oxygen and acetylene, were connected to regulators and in use and not secured.  Employees were exposed to struck by hazards.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  Employee break area, by back entrance: an ABC fire extinguisher was not mounted.  Employees were exposed to fire hazards, such as smoke inhalation and burns.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Storage warehouse, back wall: the access to the electrical panel box and emergency electrical shut-off was blocked with storage.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i): Conductors entering cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not protected from abrasions:  Break area, back wall: Insulated conductors were unprotected coming out of a metal pipe in the wall.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards.

Issued

2025-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed.  Operational warehouse, blue baling machine controls box: Two knockouts were missing.  Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards.