OSHA Inspection: 7 CEDARS CASINO

Issued

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8511.00 · Current $5957.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.101(b):"Compressed gases." The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tank cars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6.  Before returning empty cylinders, close the valve and see that cylinder valve protective caps and outlet caps or plugs, if used, are replaced. Cover label with Empty Label meeting ICC requirements, or if cylinder is provided with combination shipping and caution tag remove lower portion.  A)  In the casino's maintenance shop on (or about) August 12, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards in that two compressed gas cylinders were found to be stored in the shop area near the table saw, with the protection caps not installed over the valves.

Issued

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8511.00 · Current $5957.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(ii):The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, was not guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.  A)     In the maintenance shop, on or about August 12th, 2025, employees performing maintenance activities utilizing two drill presses (SN: 17103677, and SN: AZ053 76125) that were missing a front guard to protect the operator from the rotating drill bit, and chuck were exposed to caught-in hazards.

Issued

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.213(c)(2):Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator. The spreader shall be made of hard tempered steel, or its equivalent, and shall be thinner than the saw kerf. It shall be of sufficient width to provide adequate stiffness or rigidity to resist any reasonable side thrust or blow tending to bend or throw it out of position. The spreader shall be attached so that it will remain in true alignment with the saw even when either the saw or table is tilted. The provision of a spreader in connection with grooving, dadoing, or rabbeting is not required. On the completion of such operations, the spreader shall be immediately replaced.  A)     In the casino maintenance shop, on or about August 12, 2025, employees performing maintenance activities with a hand fed ripsaw that was missing a spreader to keep the material being cut from catching the saw blade and kicking the material back at the operator exposing them to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.213(c)(3):Each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be provided with nonkickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator. They shall be designed to provide adequate holding power for all the thicknesses of materials being cut.  A)     In the casino maintenance shop, on or about August 12, 2025, employees performing maintenance activities utilizing a table saw that was missing kickback fingers to prevent the material being cut from striking the operator in case the material caught the blade and kicked back into the operator.

Issued

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:  A)     During the inspection on August 12, 2025, the employer was asked to provide the chemical hazard communication program for the casino along with the master list of chemicals.  The employer provided the master list, but did not provide a hazard communication program for the casino.

Issued

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6):Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:  A)      In the maintenance shop, on or about August 12, 2025, Employees working in the maintenance shop were exposed to health hazards in that two pressure bottles were found without any labels or marking as to their content, and any hazards that exposure to the contents would have.