OSHA Inspection: WESTERN RIDGE BUSINESS GROUP LLC

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1702.00 · Current $851.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): The employer did not ensure that ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed.  (a) Folding Area - On or about December 8, 2025, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while stepping from the top step of a stepladder to the top of a 5?foot?high industrial steam iron.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  (a) Folding Area - On or about December 8, 2025, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 5 feet to the ground below while standing on an industrial steam iron and working from an approximately 6-inch-wide catwalk.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $1419.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:   (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees used Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, and were required to wear a KN95 filtering facepiece.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator in compliance with the conditions of its certification:  (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees used Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, and were required to wear a KN95 filtering facepiece.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:   (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees used Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, and were required to wear a KN95 filtering facepiece.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employees using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:   (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees used Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, and were required to wear a KN95 filtering facepiece.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees used Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, and were required to wear a KN95 filtering facepiece.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $1419.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven (7) feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed:  (a) Folding Area - On December 8, 2025, employees were exposed to in?running nip?point hazards while standing approximately 3 feet from the rotating chain and sprocket of the industrial steam iron's mechanical power?transmission apparatus as linens are discharged from the machine.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2270.00 · Current $1135.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.264(d)(2)(i)(a): Safeguards, safety appliances, or devices attached to, or forming an integral part of any machinery were removed or made ineffective during the repair or adjustment of such machinery and were not replaced immediately upon the completion of such repairs or adjustments:   (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees were reaching into an American Dryer Corp. industrial dryer (Dryer #4), which had its door safety?interlock device removed, in order to remove heavy rubber floor mats.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $1419.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees manually scooped Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, in order to add it to the wash cycle.

Issued

2026-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  (a) Washer/Dryer Area - On or about December 8, 2025, employees manually scooped Kaybro Ortho powdered detergent, which contains sodium hydroxide, in order to add it to the wash cycle.