OSHA Inspection: BLUE MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $640 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
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employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:
a) Dyehouse - employees work daily with pressure vessels equipped with
safety valves that have not been inspected in several years, nor are
they positioned to discharge at a safe distance from the employees.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is...
1) Develop a scheduled inspection program (for example-ANSI/NB-23)
2) Position release point for steam so that employees cannot be
affected in the event of a release.

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:
a) Dyehouse - employees were exposed to benzidine-based dyes and azo
dyes which carcinogens/mutagenic warnings.  (For ex: Direct Brown
BCW, Atlantic Disperse, Black JS, Orcamine Brown 3GN, Atlantic Fast
Rdd.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazards is:
1) Provide showere/lavoratories in the dyehouse and assure that an
employee who gets dye on the skin immediately washers it off.
Assure that employees who work in the dyehouse shower at the end of
the workshift.
2) Provide change rooms designed to separate street clothing from work
clothing.
3) Provide annual medical surveillance that emphasises the uninary
tract and hepatic systems; urine cytology, routine urinalysis and
examination of urine sediment, liver and renal function tests.
4) Provide bi-monthly biological monitoring in the form of anaylsis of
benzidine and monoacetylbenzidine in the urine.

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 2, 1990

Penalty

Initial $640 · Current $350 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $450 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $450 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $480 · Current $260 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $320 · Current $175 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $480 · Current $275 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Jul 24, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $450 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Jul 24, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $450 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $560 · Current $300 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $700 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $560 · Current $300 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $475 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $475 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $425 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $425 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Feb 20, 1991

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $425 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $810 · Current $425 Reduced

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 28, 1990

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 21, 1991

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 2, 1990

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 19, 1990

Issued

Nov 28, 1990

Abate by

Dec 6, 1990