OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN CLEANERS

Issued

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1410.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(1): Washing facilities were not maintained in a sanitary condition:    The "Guys" restroom and the maintenance rest room were not maintained in a sanitary condition.

Issued

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):   The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start-up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a/ For maintenance employees who performed servicing or maintenance on equipment including but not limited to dry cleaning and laundry machines, a written lockout tag out program had not been developed.

Issued

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in the activities covered by this section;   a/ For maintenance employees who performed servicing or maintenance on equipment with multiple energy sources, including but not limited to dry cleaning and laundry machines (electrical and pneumatic), machine-specific lockout tag out procedures had not been developed.

Issued

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii): Lockout devices and tag out devices were not singularly identified;  and not the only devices(s) used for controlling energy:  a/ For maintenance employees who performed servicing or maintenance on equipment including but not limited to dry cleaning and laundry machines, locks and keys were not singularly identified.  An authorized employee's lock on a machine could be opened by multiple keys belonging to other authorized employees.

Issued

2014-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i):  In completed installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  In the southeast corner of the Clothes Storage area, a duplex receptacle outlet was missing a cover and filled with lint.