OSHA Inspection: HOPE HAVEN GARDEN OF MEMORY, INC.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(ii): Lavatories were not provided with hot and cold, or tepid running water:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer did not provide employees with a restroom sink with hot, cold, or tepid running water. Employees were observed walking through the facility to wash their hands at a sink located over 50 feet away after using the restroom.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iii): Lavatories were not provided with hand soap or similar cleansing agent:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer did not provide employees with hand soap or similar surfactants. Employees were observed walking through the facility to wash their hands at a sink located over 50 feet away after using the restroom.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Lavatories were not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling:  On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer did not provide employees with running water, hand soap, or hand towels in the restroom. Employees were observed walking through the facility to wash their hands at a sink located over 50 feet away after using the restroom.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, 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, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., employees were exposed to caught-in, struck-by, and electrical hazards while performing maintenance and servicing work on a multi-powered source Empire Sandblasting Unit without having an energy control program that included energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer allowed employees to work in an area where a fire extinguisher was not properly identified, exposing them to burn hazards.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., employees were exposed to flying parts, amputation, puncture hazards from the Yeargin and Tate Stone Cutting Bridge Saw (Model 6Z812A), which was missing its blade guard.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1087.00 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:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees who were exposed to hazardous substances in the workplace including, but not limited to Rust Cure and Lithichrome Shadow.

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer was not able to produce Safety Data Sheets for hazardous chemicals used by employees including, but not limited to:    (a) Rust Cure (Rust remover/converter)    (b) D/2 Biological Solution (Stain remover)    (c) Orange-Sol (Heavy duty degreaser)

Issued

2017-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    On or about August 25, 2017, in the shop area at Hope Haven Garden of Memory, Inc., the employer failed to train employees on the health hazards associated with chemicals that were used.