OSHA Inspection: BRENDAMOUR WAREHOUSING

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1809.00 · Current $1266.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.157(g)(1): Training and education. Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.   (a)   On or around June 16, 2025, the employer failed to ensure that employees who were allowed to use fire extinguishers for extinguishing incipient stage fires received training on the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards associated with fighting such fires.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $1986.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.176(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.  a) On or about, June 6, 2025, the employer did not ensure that storage of cardboard boxes did not create a hazard in that bundles of cardboard boxes placed on a pallet from 1 row on a pallet to up to 9 rows on a pallet were stack in bundles that were up 10 bundles high on a single pallet, and these pallets were then stacked up to 4 pallets high. These bundles of cardboard were found leaning and sliding on the pallets as they were not stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1809.00 · Current $1266.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(2)(ii): Training program implementation. Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.  a) On or about June 6, 2025, the employer did not ensure that all employees received formal and practical instruction on the sit-down propane forklifts in that employees operating forklifts with only practical training or only formal instruction.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(p)(1): Operation of the truck. If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.  a) On or about June 6, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the Portman Caterpillar forklift, SN AT81C-02274, was taken out of service when found to be unsafe. The truck was operated with a damaged foam seat and forks that continued to move after being locked in place.