OSHA Inspection: SUMMIT WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1):     All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderlyand in a sanitary condition.    (a)  The production area of the building was covered with combustible wood dust including one storage pile over 6 feet high and 12 feet wide and several feet deep.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):     'The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.    (a)  The company has performed an undocumented informal personal protective equipment assessment for the facility with no document to certify the date performed or the individual who conducted the assessment

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):     In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:    (a)  The company had not written or implemented a respiratory protection program to address the proper use and procedures for the required use of respirators during operations with wood dust.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):     General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.    (a)  The company had not performed any medical evaluation for respirator use for a production worker required to use respirators for machining operations with potential exposure to wood dust.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):     The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.    (a)  The company did not perform fit testing of employees required to use respirators working with machines making pallets to protect against potential exposure to wood dust.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances W103

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3):     The employer shall provide the training prior to requiring the employee to use a respirator in the workplace.    (a)  The company had not provided training on proper use and procedures for required respirator use prior to the units being used in the facility for wood dust.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communicationprogram which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning,material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    (a)  The company had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program that describes how the labeling, material safety data sheets and training will be acomplished for employees at the facility.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):     Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a material safety data sheet for eachhazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.    (a)  The company has not maintained material safety data sheets for chemicals and materials used in the facility including wood dust, LPG gas, oils, lubricants and paints.

Issued

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-02-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals intheir work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trainedabout is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability,carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety datasheets.    (a)  The company had not provided any information or training to employees regarding the hazards of chemicals and materials used including wood dust, LPG gas, oils, lubricants, cleaners and paints.