OSHA Inspection: SERENA & LILY, INC.

Issued

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14502.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit routes were not kept free and unobstructed.  Materials or equipment were placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route:  a)  On the Southwest side of the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to maintain free and unobstructed routes to exit the facility by allowing rubbish and equipment to be stacked in two exit routes.  b)  On the Northeast side of the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to maintain free and unobstructed routes to exit the facility by allowing a trash can to partially block an exit route.

Issued

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4):  Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to post signs indicating direction of travel to the nearest exit for employees who worked inside the building.

Issued

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12431.00 · Current $4215.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(a):  Where mechanical handling equipment was used, sufficient safe clearances were not allowed for aisles, at loading docks, through doorways or wherever turns or passage had to be made:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure employees working throughout the building were protected from powered industrial truck traffic by having designated lanes of travel, free from pedestrian traffic.

Issued

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14502.00 · Current $11000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to crushed-by and struck-by hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure that materials stacked in tiers were stacked, blocked, and/or interlocked while employees worked inside the building.

Issued

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.176(c): Storage areas were not kept free from accumulation of materials that constituted hazards from tripping, fire, explosion or pest harborage:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to tripping and entrapment hazards, in that the employer failed to ensure materials stacked in aisleways did not block aisleways for employees who worked inside the building.

Issued

2022-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14502.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4):  Industrial truck driver(s) were not required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and wherever vision was obstructed:  a)  Throughout the facility, located at 2016 Trade Center Blvd., Rincon, GA 31326, on or about July 6, 2022, at at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to struck-by hazards, in that employees were permitted to operate powered industrial trucks without sounding the horn when going around corners and in traveling in other areas of the warehouse where vision was obstructed by product and cross aisles.